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Thermotropic behavior of sphingophospholipids of marine invertebrates

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Thermotropic behavior of total fraction of sphingomyelin (SM) and its forms, sphingomyelin that contains acyl residues of normal fatty acids (SMN) and sphingomyelin that is Nacylated predominantly with hydroxy acids (SMH) as well as of ceramideaminoethylphosphonate (CAEP) has been studied by the method of differential scanning microcalorimetry. It was shown that chromatographically pure anhydrous sphingophospholipids isolated from different species of marine invertebrates have no phasic transitions in the entire temperature interval of scanning, from-100 to 100°C, whereas partially hydrated samples or mixtures of sphingophospholipids with glycerophospholipids (phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine isolated from corresponding marine invertebrates had phasic transitions in a large temperature range with thermoabsorption maxima in the areas of -40–20°C and 20–80°C. It is suggested that sphingophospholipids, as compared to marine invertebrate glycerophospholipids, have a much lower capability for self-organization, and to form regular supramolecular sphingophospholipid structures both in artificial systems and in biomembranes, such orientants as glycerophospholipids and water are necessary. Possible causes of an unusual behavior of sphingophospholipids of marine invertebrates as compared to glycerophospholipids are discussed.

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Sanina, N.M., Kostetskii, E.Y. Thermotropic behavior of sphingophospholipids of marine invertebrates. J Evol Biochem Phys 36, 254–261 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02737040

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