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Hopanoids are a
diverse subclass of
triterpenoids with the same
hydrocarbon skeleton as the
compound hopane. This
group of
pentacyclic molecules therefore...
- in the
human body. It is also an
intermediate in the
biosynthesis of
hopanoids in many bacteria.
Squalene is an
important ingredient in some vaccine...
- as a
member of the
hopanoid family, is
synthesized from
triterpenoid precursor squalene. It is
generally believed that
hopanoids serve a
similar function...
- that
catalyzes the
cyclization of
squalene into hopene, a key step in
hopanoid (triterpenoid) metabolism.
Lanosterol synthase (EC 5.4.99.7) (oxidosqualene-lanosterol...
- a
variety of
other chemical compounds which are
collectively known as
hopanoids. The
first compound of the
hopane family to be
isolated and characterised...
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species of
bacteria produce hopanoids, more
recent studies estimate around 4% of
bacteria have the
ability to
produce hopanoids.
Several studies have used...
- \rightleftharpoons } hopan-22-ol SHC is
important because its products,
hopanoids, are very much like
sterols in
eukaryotes in that they
condense lipid...
- the
tetracyclic steroid framework, as
found in myxobacteria, as well as
hopanoids,
pentacyclic lipids that
regulate bacterial membrane functions. These...
- The rest of the
aliphatic chain is non-polar.
Cholesterol Ergosterol Hopanoids Hydroxysteroid Phytosterol Steroids Zoosterol The word
stenol exists to...
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Rhodoplanes is a
phototrophic genus of bacteria.
Rhodoplanes produces hopanoids like diplopterol, tetrahymanol, 2-methyldiplopterol, 2-methyltetrahymanol...
