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Modern Techniques for the Fractionation and Purification of Phospholipids from Biological Materials

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Glycerophospholipids have important roles in biological processes. In addition to forming the hydrophobic backbone of cell membranes, glycerophospholipids also participate actively in signal transduction. A number of receptors respond to agonist-binding by activation of a phospholipase C that hydrolyzes PtdIns 4,5-P2 to InsP3 and diacylglycerols (Berridge and Irvine, 1984; Berridge et al., 1985; Berridge, 1986; Nishizuka, 1984a, b; Hirasawa and Nishizuka, 1985; Abdel-Latif et al., 1985; Akhtar and Abdel-Latif, 1986). The InsP3 may increase cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations, thus activating a protein kinase and other reactions. The diacylglycerol stimulates protein kinase C.

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Horrocks, L.A., Dugan, L.L., Flynn, C.J., Goracci, G., Porcellati, S., Yeo, Y. (1987). Modern Techniques for the Fractionation and Purification of Phospholipids from Biological Materials. In: Hanin, I., Ansell, G.B. (eds) Lecithin. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 33. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1933-8_2

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