Phytosphingosine is a sphingolipid with a hydroxyl group at the C4 position that is found mainly in fungi and plants but also in animals, including humans.
1,2 It is metabolized to odd-numbered fatty acids with 2-hydroxy palmitic acid (Item No.
22679) as an intermediate.
3 Phytosphingosine dose-dependently induces cell death of CHO cells and inhibits carbachol-induced activation of phospholipase D (PLD) in CHO cells transfected with
C. elegans muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
4 It is essential in the heat stress response in
S. cerevisiae.
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