Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans

Lipid and carbohydrate metabolism are highly conserved processes that affect nearly all aspects of organismal biology. eat bacteria, which consist of lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins that are broken down during digestion into fatty acids, simple sugars, and amino acid precursors. With these nutri...

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Published in:Genetics (Austin) Vol. 207; no. 2; pp. 413 - 446
Main Authors: Watts, Jennifer L, Ristow, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Genetics Society of America 01.10.2017
Subjects:
Amino acids
Animals
Bacteria
Biosynthesis
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans - genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans - metabolism
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Carbohydrates
Environmental changes
Environmental conditions
Fatty acids
Genetics
Genomics
Lipid Metabolism
Lipids
Metabolism
Metabolism, Physiology, and Aging
Metabolites
Nematodes
Nutrients
Proteins
Sugar
WormBook
Worms
Caenorhabditis elegans
glucose
fatty acids
sphingolipids
cholesterol
triacylglycerols
ascarosides
phospholipids
maradolipids
WormBook
ISSN:1943-2631, 0016-6731, 1943-2631
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Summary:Lipid and carbohydrate metabolism are highly conserved processes that affect nearly all aspects of organismal biology. eat bacteria, which consist of lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins that are broken down during digestion into fatty acids, simple sugars, and amino acid precursors. With these nutrients, synthesizes a wide range of metabolites that are required for development and behavior. In this review, we outline lipid and carbohydrate structures as well as biosynthesis and breakdown pathways that have been characterized in We bring attention to functional studies using mutant strains that reveal physiological roles for specific lipids and carbohydrates during development, aging, and adaptation to changing environmental conditions.
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ISSN:1943-2631
0016-6731
1943-2631
DOI:10.1534/genetics.117.300106