Lipidomics update - April, 2018
The lipidomics update provides an overview of developments in lipid research. Each month we offer a fresh collection of research, news and events for the specialist and the interested non-specialist alike.
LIPID MAPS® highlights
LIPID MAPS Proteome Database (LMPD) - The LIPID MAPS Proteome Database (LMPD) of lipid-related genes and proteins contains data for over 8,500 genes and over 12,500 proteins from Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, Escherichia coli, Macaca mulata, Drosophila melanogaster, Arabidopsis thaliana and Danio rerio.
Lipid of the month
Stigmasterol (stigmasta-5,22E-dien-3beta-ol) is an unsaturated phytosterol (plant sterol) occurring in the plant fats or oils of soybean, rape seed, and in a number of medicinal herbs. It differs structurally from cholesterol due to the presence of a side-chain double bond and ethyl group. Stigmasterol is also found in various vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and unpasteurized milk. Phytosterols normally are broken down in the bile.
Events calendar
Research library
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The discovery and early structural studies of arachidonic acid
J Lipid Res(2016)
The Journal of Lipid Research, 57, 1126-1132. DOI: 10.1194/jlr.R068072
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Quantitative profiling of the endonuclear glycerophospholipidome of murine embryonic fibroblasts
J. Lipid Res. 2016 57:(8) 1492-1506. First Published on June 2, 2016, doi:10.1194/jlr.M068734