A facile enzymatic synthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate and dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate.

A procedure is described to prepare sphingosine-1-phosphate by treatment of sphingosylphosphocholine with phospholipase D, isolated from Streptomyces chromofuscus. The phosphorylated long chain bases were purified by selective precipitation and differential extraction. Milligram quantities can be ob...

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Main Authors: P P Van Veldhoven, R J Foglesong, R M Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1989-04-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520383528