When tissues are incubated in vitro with 32P-labeled Pi, the incorporation of radioactivity into phospholipids can be

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When tissues are incubated in vitro with 32P-labeled Pi, the incorporation of radioactivity into phospholipids can be readily demonstrated. High concentrations of the drug propranolol dramatically alter the pattern of phospholipid labeling, such that radioactivity in phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine markedly declines while that in phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylglycerol is greatly elevated. From this information and your knowledge of phospholipid biosynthetic pathways, determine which enzymatic reaction is principally affected by propranolol and explain how the drug alters phospholipid biosynthesis.
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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