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Molecular symmetry in mitochondrial cardiolipins.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16226238     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cardiolipin is a unique mitochondrial phospholipid with an atypical fatty acid profile, but the significance of its acyl specificity has not been understood. We explored the enormous combinatorial diversity among cardiolipin species, which results from the presence of four fatty acids in each molecule, by integrated use of high-performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, diacylglycerol species analysis, fatty acid analysis, and selective cleavage of fatty acids by phospholipase A2. The most abundant cardiolipin species from various organisms and tissues (human heart, human lymphoblasts, rat liver, Drosophila, sea urchin sperm, yeast, mung bean hypocotyls) contained only one or two types of fatty acids, which generated a high degree of structural uniformity and molecular symmetry. However, an exception was found in patients with Barth syndrome, in whom an acyltransferase deficiency led to loss of acyl selectivity and formation of multiple molecular species. These results suggest that restriction of the number of fatty acid species, rather than the selection of a particular kind of fatty acid, is the common theme of eukaryotic cardiolipins. This limits the structural diversity of the cardiolipin species and creates molecular symmetry with implications for the stereochemistry of cardiolipin.
Authors:
Michael Schlame; Mindong Ren; Yang Xu; Miriam L Greenberg; Ivan Haller
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-09-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chemistry and physics of lipids     Volume:  138     ISSN:  0009-3084     ISO Abbreviation:  Chem. Phys. Lipids     Publication Date:  2005 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-11-08     Completed Date:  2006-02-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0067206     Medline TA:  Chem Phys Lipids     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  38-49     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA. michael.schlame@med.nyu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acyltransferases / deficiency
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Cardiolipins / chemistry*
Child
Child, Preschool
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Drosophila melanogaster
Fatty Acids / chemistry
Humans
Infant
Mitochondria / chemistry*
Organ Specificity
Phaseolus
Phospholipases A / chemistry
Phospholipases A2
Rats
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sea Urchins
Species Specificity
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cardiolipins; 0/Fatty Acids; EC 2.3.-/Acyltransferases; EC 3.1.1.-/Phospholipases A; EC 3.1.1.4/Phospholipases A2

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