Sphingomyelinase D activity in model membranes: structural effects of in situ generation of ceramide-1-phosphate.

The toxicity of Loxosceles spider venom has been attributed to a rare enzyme, sphingomyelinase D, which transforms sphingomyelin to ceramide-1-phosphate. The bases of its inflammatory and dermonecrotic activity, however, remain unclear. In this work the effects of ceramide-1-phosphate on model membr...

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Main Authors: Roberto P Stock, Jonathan Brewer, Kerstin Wagner, Blanca Ramos-Cerrillo, Lars Duelund, Kit Drescher Jernshøj, Lars Folke Olsen, Luis A Bagatolli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338491?pdf=render