SPHINGOMYELIN Definition & Meaning

sphingomyelin

[ sfing-goh-mahy-uh-lin ]

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noun

Biochemistry.

any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.

sphingomyelin

/ ˌ��ɪŋɡəʊˈ��ɪə��ɪ�� /

noun

biochem any of a group of phospholipids, derived from sphingosine, that occur in biological membranes, being especially abundant in the brain

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sphingomyelin¹

< New Latin sphingo-, combining form representing Greek ��í�Բ��𾱲� to draw tight + myelin

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sphingomyelin¹

from sphingo-, from Greek sphingein to bind + myelin

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Plasmodium falciparum phospholipase C hydrolyzing sphingomyelin and lysocholinephospholipids is a possible target for malaria chemotherapy.

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The researchers then looked more closely at the metabolites and recognized that the ones that were changing the most were associated with the metabolic pathway that synthesizes and breaks down the phospholipid sphingomyelin, a component of cell membranes, and its ceramide precursors.

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At that point, the level of a phospholipid known as lecithin usually rises sharply and surpasses the level of another lipid, sphingomyelin.

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