Antifungal agents are causing different problems in the agriculture industry. Plants are using various defense mechanisms for resistance against fungal pathogens. Some examples of these mechanisms are making physical barriers, producing chemical components and pathogenesis-related proteins such as lipid transfer protein (LTP) and Osmotin which can inhibit the growth of fungi at micro-molar conc...

In this study we determined in vivo conversions of human ’H-labeled cholesteryl ester-labeled HDL3 ([’HICEHDLs) in male rats and the effects of partially purified lipid transfer protein on the conversion processes. Zonal centrifugation techniques were used to prepare the [’HICE-HDLS and to follow the conversion processes. One hour after the injection, a complete conversion of HDLs to and HDL,-d...

data regarding the effects of dietary protein on modifying serum lipid and lipoprotein levels are controversial. in this study we have investigated the hypothesis whether dietary protein and protein to carbohydrate ratio could be related to subsequent changes in lipid profile in adults.this 3-yaers follow-up_longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of participants (845 men and 1043 women, a...

Lipoproteins are large lipid/protein complexes that play a major role in transport of lipids and lipophilic molecules in the plasma and central nervous system (CNS). Plasma lipoproteins represent a dynamic continuum of particles that are constantly undergoing remodulation in their lipid and protein components leading to re-structuring of the particle under normal physiological conditions. The r...

Structurally the glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) fold differs from other proteins that recognize glycolipids, such as non-specific lipid transfer proteins and lysosomal lipid degradation assisting proteins, even though they act on the same class of lipids. Proteins with glycan binding domains, such as lectins and pulmonary surfactant proteins share no structural similarity with the GLTP fami...

Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident lipid transfer protein involved in the biosynthesis and lipid loading of apolipoprotein B. MTP was recently suggested to directly regulate the biosynthesis of the MHC I-like, lipid antigen presenting molecule CD1d, based on coprecipitation experiments and lipid loading assays. However, we found that the maj...