Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase plays a pivotal role in the synthesis of phospholipid by the mitochondria. The substrate phosphatidylserine is synthesized extramitochondrially and must be translocated to the mitochondria prior to decarboxylation [1].
Phosphatidylserine decarboxylases EC:4.1.1.65 is responsible for conversion of phosphatidylserine to phosphatidylethanolamine and plays a central role in the biosynthesis of aminophospholipids [2].
Trotter PJ, Pedretti J, Voelker DR.
Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Isolation of mutants, cloning of the gene, and creation of a null allele.
J. Biol. Chem. 268 21416-24 1993
[PubMed: 8407984] http://intl.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/268/28/21416.pdf
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Trotter PJ, Pedretti J, Yates R, Voelker DR.
Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cloning and mapping of the gene, heterologous expression, and creation of the null allele.
J. Biol. Chem. 270 6071-80 1995
[PubMed: 7890740] http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.270.11.6071