Regulation of Phospholipid Synthesis in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

GM Carman, GS Han - Annual review of biochemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with its full complement of organelles, synthesizes
membrane phospholipids by pathways that are generally common to those found in higher …

From yeast to humans–roles of the Kennedy pathway for phosphatidylcholine synthesis

CR McMaster - FEBS letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The major phospholipid present in most eukaryotic membranes is phosphatidylcholine (PC),
comprising~ 50% of phospholipid content. PC metabolic pathways are highly conserved …

[HTML][HTML] Yeast and cancer cells–common principles in lipid metabolism

K Natter, SD Kohlwein - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2013 - Elsevier
One of the paradigms in cancer pathogenesis is the requirement of a cell to undergo
transformation from respiration to aerobic glycolysis–the Warburg effect–to become …

Phosphorylation-mediated regulation of the Nem1-Spo7/Pah1 phosphatase cascade in yeast lipid synthesis

S Khondker, GS Han, GM Carman - Advances in biological regulation, 2022 - Elsevier
The PAH1-encoded phosphatidate phosphatase, which catalyzes the dephosphorylation of
phosphatidate to produce diacylglycerol, controls the divergence of phosphatidate into …

Inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum Choline Kinase by Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide: a Possible Antimalarial Mechanism

V Choubey, P Maity, M Guha, S Kumar… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Choline kinase is the first enzyme in the Kennedy pathway (CDP-choline pathway) for the
biosynthesis of the most essential phospholipid, phosphatidylcholine, in Plasmodium …

Cross-talk phosphorylations by protein kinase C and Pho85p-Pho80p protein kinase regulate Pah1p phosphatidate phosphatase abundance in Saccharomyces …

WM Su, GS Han, GM Carman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
Yeast Pah1p is the phosphatidate phosphatase that catalyzes the penultimate step in
triacylglycerol synthesis and plays a role in the transcriptional regulation of phospholipid …

Involvement of human choline kinase alpha and beta in carcinogenesis: a different role in lipid metabolism and biological functions

D Gallego-Ortega, TG del Pulgar, F Valdés-Mora… - Advances in enzyme …, 2011 - Elsevier
Human choline kinase alpha (ChoKa) 2 and beta (ChoKb) are members of a family of
enzymes involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism. In humans this family is encoded by …

Antagonistic Interactions Between the cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase and Tor Signaling Pathways Modulate Cell Growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

V Ramachandran, PK Herman - Genetics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic cells integrate information from multiple sources to respond appropriately to
changes in the environment. Here, we examined the relationship between two signaling …

Flux control through protein phosphorylation in yeast

Y Chen, J Nielsen - Yeast Research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Protein phosphorylation is one of the most important mechanisms regulating metabolism as
it can directly modify metabolic enzymes by the addition of phosphate groups. Attributed to …

Balance of human choline kinase isoforms is critical for cell cycle regulation: implications for the development of choline kinase‐targeted cancer therapy

J Gruber, WC See Too, MT Wong, A Lavie… - The FEBS …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The enzyme choline kinase (CK), which catalyzes the phosphorylation of choline to
phosphorylcholine in the presence of ATP, has an essential role in the biosynthesis of …