title: Lipids of bovine adrenal plasma membranes.
abstract: The lipid composition of a membrane fraction from bovine adrenal cortex was determined. This preparation has the capacity to bind adrenocorticotropic hormone and is enriched in adenylate cyclase and 5'-nucleotidase. The adrenal plasma membranes have a significantly higher lipid content (54.8%) than bovine liver plasma membranes and a surprisingly low proportion of this lipid is cholesterol (4.2%). The phospholipids comprise 76.4% of the total lipids and their composition if very similar to that of bovine liver membranes with the exception of sphingomyelin which comprises only 4.5% of the phospholipids in the adrenal preparation.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000032:analysis*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005989:Glycerides / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D009708:Nucleotidases / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000032:analysis; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D005989:Glycerides; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D002784:Cholesterol; D009708:Nucleotidases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases