cholinephosphotransferase

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cholinephosphotransferase (plural cholinephosphotransferases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphocholine (in a glyceride)
    • 2015 August 16, Aruna Kilaru et al., “Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp”, in BMC Plant Biology[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      In addition to de novo DAG that is generated via the Kennedy pathway, DAG precursors for TAG synthesis can also be derived from PC by the reversible action of two enzymes, PC:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (PDCT/ROD1; [ 65 ] and/or cytidine-5′-diphosphocholine:DAG cholinephosphotransferase (CPT; [ 66, 67 ].