The role of desaturases in cold-induced lipid restructuring
Cossins, A.R., Murray, P.A., Gracey, A.Y., Logue, J., Polley, S., Caddick, M., Brooks, S., Postle, T. and Maclean, N. (2002) The role of desaturases in cold-induced lipid restructuring. Biochemical Society Transactions, 30, 1082-1086.
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Description/Abstract
All organisms respond to environmental challenge by adaptive responses, although, in many cases, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not understood. In the case of membranes, the physical structure of membrane phospholipids is conserved in the face of cold, rigidifying conditions by the elevated proportions of unsaturated fatty acids. We have observed a clear positional specificity in this substitution and head group preferences in carp liver membranes. We have also demonstrated changes in the activity of lipid desaturases that mediate the unsaturation response, caused by both transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms. Another hepatic isoform has recently been discovered with sensitivity, not to cooling, but to dietary variations. Finally, we are testing the importance of desaturase inductions in the inducible cold tolerance of the whole animal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0300-5127 (print) |
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| Keywords: | omeoviscous adaptation, membrane fluidity, temperature adaptation |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Biological Sciences |
| Item ID: | 55811 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2013 01:37 |
| Contributors: | Cossins, A.R. (Author) Murray, P.A. (Author) Gracey, A.Y. (Author) Logue, J. (Author) Polley, S. (Author) Caddick, M. (Author) Brooks, S. (Author) Postle, T. (Author) Maclean, N. (Author) |
| Date: | November 2002 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | cossins@liverpool.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55811 |
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