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The sequence of biosynthetic steps from phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine (via decarboxylation) and then phosphatidylcholine (via methylation) is linked to the intracellular transport of these aminoglycerophospholipids. Using a [3H]serine precursor and permeabilized yeast cells, it is possible to follow the synthesis of each of the aminoglycerophospholipids and examine the requirements for their interorganelle transport. This experimental approach reveals that in permeabilized cells newly synthesized phosphatidyl-serine is readily translocated to the locus of phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 1 in the mitochondria but not to the locus of phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 2 in the Golgi and vacuoles. Phosphatidylserine transport to the mitochondria is ATP independent and exhibits no requirements for cytosolic factors. The phosphatidylethanolamine formed in the mitochondria is exported to the locus of the methyltransferases (principally the endoplasmic reticulum) and converted to phosphatidylcholine. The export of phosphatidylethanolamine requires ATP but not any other cytosolic factors and is not obligately coupled to methyltransferase activity. The above described lipid transport reactions also occur in permeabilized cells that have been disrupted by homogenization, indicating that the processes are extremely efficient and may be dependent upon stable structural elements between organelles.
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