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Mature mammalian erythrocytes lack the enzymatic machinery for synthesizing lipids and there is no net synthesis of major phospholipids (PL). The turnover can be attributed to two main processes: the exchange of PL between plasma lipoproteins and membrane, or the acylation of lyso-phosphatidylcholine, originating from the surrounding plasma and possibly from membrane (1). The synthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) by N-methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is of minor importance in supplying the cellular PC requirements, but could play a role in transmitting signals acting via cell surface receptors (2).
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Ancelin, M.L., Vial, H.J., Philippot, J.R. (1986). Characterization of Choline and Ethanolamine Kinase Activities in Plasmodium — Infected Erythrocytes. In: Freysz, L., Dreyfus, H., Massarelli, R., Gatt, S. (eds) Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism II. NATO ASI Series, vol 116. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5212-9_8
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