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FRET is an extremely useful phenomenon when it comes to the analysis of molecular conformations and interactions. F or the analysis of interactions, in which two separate molecules are labeled with an appropriate pair of fluorophores, an interaction can be shown by observing FRET. Further, FRET can be used as a type of spectroscopic ruler to measure the closeness of interactions. Proteins, lipids, enzymes, DNA, and RNA can all be labeled and interactions documented. This general method can be applied not only to questions of cellular function like kinase dynamics [3] but also to disease pathways, for example, the APP-PS1 interaction that is important in Alzheimer s disease (AD) [4], Alternatively, two parts of a molecule of interest can be labeled with a donor and acceptor fluorophore. Using this technique, changes in protein conformation and differences between isoforms of proteins can be measured, as well as protein cleavage. 

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The exact structural and spatial characterization of the lipids is still very limited, particularly in routine determination of lipids. As an example, routine determination of snl/sn2 acyl positions in PLs is not possible, nor is the determination of positions of double bonds or acyl chain branching. Such information would be important to understand the data in the biochemical context (e.g., affinity for specific lipid enzymes). While promising efforts are under way, it may still take time before the emerging tools for lipid structural elucidation are introduced in routine lipidomic analyses. Big advances have also been made over the past years in the developments of methods for surface analysis of lipids. These approaches will be crucial for in-depth elucidation of the spatial complexity of cellular and subcellular lipidomes. 

Anikieva, L. V. Lutta, A. S. (1977). [Stored nutrients at different stages of the development of Proteocephalus exiguus La Rue, 1911 and Diphyllobothrium latum (L., 1758)]. In Russian. In Comparative biochemistry of fish and their helminths. Lipids, enzymes, proteins. (Collected works), ed. V. S. Sidorov, pp. 116-27. USSR Akademii Nauk, Institut Biologii Karel ski Filial USSR. [HA/50/3943]. 

Innate immunity (a) physical barriers, (b) cells (granulocytes, monocytes/macrophages), (c) chemical barriers (pH, lipids, enzymes)... 

A substantial proportion of the brain phospholipids are, in fact, ether lipids. They may undergo similar complex interactions, sometimes mediated by the same enzymes that act on standard phospholipids and sometimes mediated by their own specific ether lipid enzymes. As yet, we know relatively little about the specific roles of ether lipids in the brain, but given their abundance, it is not unreasonable to assume that they are substantial. 

It should be pointed out that while the protease-antiprotease theory of emphysema is currently the dominant hypothesis used to explain the etiology of emphysema, other factors must also be considered as contributing to the development of this disease. For example, oxidants, present in smoke, probably contribute in other fashions besides inactivating a -Pl. Such substances are capable of oxidizing a variety of cellular components (lipids, enzymes, and nucleic acids) and in this way may destroy parts of the alveolar epithelium, thus facilitating the exposure of elastin fragments present in the interstitial space to elastase. 

Nakako M, Hanazato Y, Maeda M and Shiono S 1986 Neutral lipid enzyme sensors based on ion-sensitive FET Ana/. Chim. Acta 185 179-85... 

Fluorescence microscope Monitors light emission from fluorophore-tagged lipids, enzymes, membrane components, and antibodies Fluorophore-tagged specimens ... 

Gardner, H.W. Lipid enzymes lipases, lipoxygenases, and hydroperoxidases , in Autoxidation in Food and Biological Systems, pp. 447-504 (1980) (edited by M.G. Simic and M. Karel), Plenum Publ. Corp., New York. 

Bangham, a. D. Physical structure and behavior of lipids and lipid enzymes. Advanc. Lipid Res. 1, 65—104 (1963). 

In conclusion, all of these approaches aiming to investigate the overall plasma membrane biogenesis from the biosynthesis of the lipid enzymes, to the insertion of their products into the plasmalemma, may help to shed some light on the lipid routes, for which so much has been supposed and so little is known. 

Primary differentiation of the cytoplasm of the oocyte of this type has now been studied not only in relation to the external characteristics of the membrane or incorporation of the cytoplasm, but also in relation to many biochemical and physico-chemical indices, such as redox potential, content of lipids, enzymes, and RNA, rate of protein synthesis, and so on, in many species of animals. It is impossible even to make a short examination of the many different variants of ooplasmic segregation. However, it is extremely important, because it determines the primary directions of differentiation. 

Physical Structure and Behavior of Lipids and Lipid Enzymes A. D. Bangham... 

Another field in which nomenclature has grown up haphazardly is that of the enzymes of lipid metabolism. This has now been formalized to some extent under the Enzyme Commission (EC) nomenclature. The system is incomplete and not all lipid enzymes have EC names and numbers. Moreover, the system is very cumbersome for routine use and we have decided not to use it here. You will find a reference to this nomenclature in the reading list should you wish to learn about it. Enzymes that catalyse the biosynthesis of certain molecules are sometimes called synthetases or alternatively synthases. We shall standardize on the term synthetase in this book. 

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