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Ethanolamine and Phosphatidylethanolamine: Partners in Health and Disease.

Oxid Med Cell Longev · 2017-07-12

DOI: 10.1155/2017/4829180PMID: 28785375

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Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is the second most abundant phospholipid in mammalian cells. PE comprises about 15-25% of the total lipid in mammalian cells; it is enriched in the inner leaflet of membranes, and it is especially abundant in the inner mitochondrial membrane. PE has quite remarkable activities: it is a lipid chaperone that assists in the folding of certain membrane proteins, it is required for the activity of several of the respiratory complexes, and it plays a key role in the initiation of autophagy. In this review, we focus on PE's roles in lipid-induced stress in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Parkinson's disease (PD), ferroptosis, and cancer.

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