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tetrahymanol

National Institutes of Health

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2015
2015
A distinct pathway for tetrahymanol synthesis in bacteria
Significance Sterols and sterol-like lipids have critical physiological roles in both eukaryotes and bacteria. These cyclic… Expand
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2011
Review
2011
Lateral transfer of tetrahymanol-synthesizing genes has allowed multiple diverse eukaryote lineages to independently adapt to environments without oxygen
Sterols are key components of eukaryotic cellular membranes that are synthesized by multi-enzyme pathways that require molecular… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Ecological significance of sterols in aquatic food webs
Sterols are indispensable for a multitude of physiological processes in all eukaryotic organisms. In most eukaryotes, sterols are… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Evidence for gammacerane as an indicator of water column stratification.
A new route for the formation of gammacerane from tetrahymanol is proposed; in addition to dehydration and hydrogenation… Expand
1991
1991
Purification and some properties of the squalene-tetrahymanol cyclase from Tetrahymena thermophila.
The membrane-bound enzyme from Tetrahymena thermophila responsible for the conversion of squalene into the quasi-hopanoid… Expand
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Tetrahymanol from the phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris: first report of a gammacerane triterpene from a prokaryote
Summary: Tetrahymanol, a rare triterpene from the gammacerane series, previously detected only in a few scattered eukaryotic taxa… Expand
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Studies on tetrahymena membranes. Modification of surface membrane lipids by replacement of tetrahymanol by exogenous ergosterol in Tetrahymena pyriformis.
Tetrahymena pyriformis WH-14 cells were grown in the medium supplemented with ergosterol (1 mg/100 ml) and the effects of… Expand
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Studies on Tetrahymena membranes: temperature-induced alterations in fatty acid composition of various membrane fractions in Tetrahymena pyriformis and its effect on membrane fluidity as inferred by…
The fatty acid distribution pattern of lipids extracted from different subcellular components of Tetrahymena pyriformis was found… Expand
1971
1971
Ergosterol replacement of tetrahymanol in Tetrahymena membranes.
Abstract The naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpene alcohol of Tetrahymena pyriformis , tetrahymanol, is replaced by… Expand
1970
1970
Tetrahymanol biosynthesis. Studies in vitro on squalene cyclization.
Abstract The biosynthesis in vitro of tetrahymanol (II) from squalene (I) by enzyme preparations of the protozoan Tetrahymena… Expand
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