title: An unusual lipid in the human pathogenic fungus Epidermophyton floccosum.
abstract: The dermatophyte Epidermophyton floccosum contains an unusual lipid characterized as 1(3),2-diacylglyceryl-3(1)-O-4'-(N,N,N-trimethyl)homoserine. Its concentration in E. floccosum is approx. 15% of the polar lipids. The role of this lipid in the biosynthesis of polar lipids and fatty acids is not yet known. However, it is interesting from a chemotaxonomic viewpoint that the lipids from two other genera of dermatophyte, Microsporum cookei and Trichophyton rubrum do not contain this novel lipid.
mesh_terms: D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006714:Homoserine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: C021660:1(3),2-diacylglyceryl-3(1)-O-4'-(N,N,N-trimethyl)homoserine; D005227:Fatty Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; D006714:Homoserine