16:0 Pyrene PE

别名

1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(1-pyrenesulfonyl) (ammonium salt)

一般描述

Pyrene is made up of four fused benzol rings. It is an apolar molecule. Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), a phospholipid is found abundantly in mammalian cells. It is especially abundant in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

生化/生理作用

Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) can serve as a lipid chaperone. It plays a key role in the activity of respiratory complexes. PE also participates in the initiation of autophagy. Pyrene-labeled phospholipids (Pyr-PE) can be used in lactose permease membrane embedding studies.