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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Yuhong Tang
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3486 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Frontiers in plant science 20120220
N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) are bioactive lipids derived from the hydrolysis of the membrane phospholipid N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine (NAPE). In animal systems this reaction is part of the "endocannabinoid" signaling pathway, which regulates a variety of physiological processes. The signaling function of NAE is terminated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), which hydrolyzes NAE to ethanolamine and free fatty acid. Our previous work in Arabidopsis thaliana showed that overexpression of AtFAAH ...[more]