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ergosterol::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | steroid alcohol, sterol |
Examples of ergosterol
ergosterol
Animal cells contain cholesterol instead of ergosterol and so they are much less susceptible.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These pathways were phosphocholine, cardiolipin, folate, lanosterol and ergosterol biosynthesis.
From the nature.com
The polyene antimycotics bind with sterols in the fungal cell membrane, principally ergosterol.
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It is thought that AmB reacts more readily with ergosterol to form these membrane holes than it does with cholesterol.
From the sciencedaily.com
The nine compounds isolated from these extracts included the common ergosterol and its derivativeergosterol peroxide.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Whilst fungal membranes contain called ergosterol, animal cell membranes, including our own, contain the more familiar cholesterol.
From the sciencedaily.com
Depletion of ergosterol in fungal membrane disrupts the structure and many functions of fungal membrane leading to inhibition of fungal growth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The team modelled the two different membranes with layers of lipids, fatty molecules found in all cells, which were combined with either cholesterol or ergosterol.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation
- The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists
- Precursor to ergocalciferol. A component of fungal cell membranes which serves the same function in plants that cholesterol does in animals.
- A crystalline sterol synthesized by yeast from sugars or derived from ergot and converted to vitamin D2 when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.
- Type of sterol found in yeast; has both a bulk or structural role in maintaining membrane integrity and a regulatory role; molecular oxygen is required for synthesis; bulk function can be fulfilled by animal or plant sterols but the regulatory function requires ergosterol specifically
