tetrahymanol
National Institutes of Health
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Significance Sterols and sterol-like lipids have critical physiological roles in both eukaryotes and bacteria. These cyclic…
Sterols are key components of eukaryotic cellular membranes that are synthesized by multi-enzyme pathways that require molecular…
Sterols are indispensable for a multitude of physiological processes in all eukaryotic organisms. In most eukaryotes, sterols are…
Summary: Tetrahymanol, a rare triterpene from the gammacerane series, previously detected only in a few scattered eukaryotic taxa…
Abstract The biosynthesis in vitro of tetrahymanol (II) from squalene (I) by enzyme preparations of the protozoan Tetrahymena…