title: Cytosolic water-soluble phosphodiester in vertebrate lens.
abstract: The water-soluble phosphate profiles determined by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of a broad range of vertebrate lenses are presented. We identify threonine ethanolamine phosphodiester (TEP) in intact lenses and lens extracts by its chemical shift and its physical and chemical characteristics. Amongst the species studied, we give the first characterization of frog lens where not only serine ethanolamine phosphodiesters (SEP) but TEP are found.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000032:analysis*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D010755:Organophosphates; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds