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Abbreviations

ACBP:

Acyl-CoA-binding proteins

ACP:

Acyl carrier protein

ACS:

Acyl-CoA synthetase

ADP:

Adenosine bisphosphate

AGPAT:

1-Acyl-G3P acyltransferase

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

CCT, CTP:

Phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase

CDP:

Cytidine bisphosphate

CDP-Cho:

CDP-choline

CDP-DAG:

CDP-diacylglycerol

CDP-Etn:

CDP-ethanolamine

CDS:

CDP-DAG synthase

CEPT:

Choline/ethanolamine phosphotransferase

CK:

Choline kinase

CLS:

CL synthase

CPT:

Cholinephosphotransferase

CTP:

Cytidine triphosphate

CL:

Cardiolipin

CoA:

Coenzyme A

DAG:

Diacylglycerol

DHAP:

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate

DHAPAT:

DHAP acyltransferase

ECT, CTP:

Phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase

EK:

Ethanolamine kinase

EPT:

Ethanolamine phosphotransferase

FA:

Fatty acid

FAE:

Fatty acid elongation

FASII:

Type II fatty acid synthesis

G3P:

Glycerol 3-phosphate

G3PAT:

G3P acyltransferase

GPI:

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol

IRBC:

Infected red blood cells

IP3 :

Inositol trisphosphate

NPP:

New permeation pathways

PA:

Phosphatidic acid

PAP, PA:

Phosphatase

PC:

Phosphatidylcholine

PE:

Phosphatidylethanolamine

PEMT:

PE N-methyltransferase

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

PGP:

Phosphatidylglycerophosphate

PGPPase:

PGP phosphatase

PGPS:

PGP synthase

PPI:

Phosphoinositides

PI:

Phosphatidylinositol

PI(3)P:

Phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate

PI(3,4)P2:

Phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate

PI(3,5)P2 :

Phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate

PI(3,4,5)P3 or PIP3 :

Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate

PI(4)P:

Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate

PI(4,5)P2 or PIP2:

Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate

PI-PLC:

Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C

PIS:

PI synthase

PL:

Phospholipid

PLD:

Phospholipase D

PLMT:

PL N-methyltransferase

PMT:

Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase

PS:

Phosphatidylserine

PSD:

PS decarboxylase

PSS:

PS synthase

PSSE:

PS synthase via base exchange

RBC:

Red blood cells

SCD:

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase

SD:

Serine decarboxylase

SDPM:

Serine decarboxylase-phosphoethanolamine methyltransferase

SM:

Sphingomyelin

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Vial, H.J., Wengelnik, K. (2014). Phospholipid Metabolism. In: Hommel, M., Kremsner, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Malaria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8757-9_20-1

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