tetrahymanol

Significance Sterols and sterol-like lipids have critical physiological roles in both eukaryotes and bacteria. These cyclic… Expand

Hopanoids are among the most widespread biomarkers of bacteria that are used as indicators for past and present bacterial… Expand

Sterols are indispensable for a multitude of physiological processes in all eukaryotic organisms. In most eukaryotes, sterols are… Expand

Unicellular picocyanobacteria, such as species of the genus Synechococcus, are un- suitable for supporting growth and… Expand

A new route for the formation of gammacerane from tetrahymanol is proposed; in addition to dehydration and hydrogenation… Expand

The squalene-hopene cyclase of the hopanoid- and tetrahymanol-producing Rhodopseudomonas palustris was released from the isolated… Expand

The membrane-bound enzyme from Tetrahymena thermophila responsible for the conversion of squalene into the quasi-hopanoid… Expand

Summary: Tetrahymanol, a rare triterpene from the gammacerane series, previously detected only in a few scattered eukaryotic taxa… Expand

Tetrahymena pyriformis WH-14 cells were grown in the medium supplemented with ergosterol (1 mg/100 ml) and the effects of… Expand

Abstract Whereas the sterol-like triterpenoid tetrahymanol constitutes a fixed proportion of membrane lipids in growing and early… Expand