Gun West

12.12.2009
Department of Biochemistry, Åbo Akademi University

Lipid and Membrane Binding Properties of Glycolipid Transfer Protein Superfamily Members.

Reviewers:

Adjunct Professor Reijo Käkelä, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki

Adjunct Professor Markus Linder, Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT, Finland

Opponent:

Professor Åke Nilsson, Biomedical Center Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Publications:

  1. West G, Nymalm Y, Airenne TT, Kidron H, Mattjus P & Salminen TT. (2004) Crystallization and X-ray analysis of bovine glycolipid transfer protein. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallography 703-705.
  2. West G, Nylund M, Peter Slotte J, Mattjus P. (2006) Membrane interaction and activity of the glycolipid transfer protein. Biochim Biophys Acta (11):1732-1742.
  3. D'Angelo G, Polishchuk E, Di Tullio G, Santoro M, Di Campli A, Godi A, West G, Bielawski J, Chuang CC, van der Spoel AC, Platt FM, Hannun YA, Polishchuk R, Mattjus P & De Matteis MA. (2007) Glycosphingolipid synthesis requires FAPP2 transfer of lucosylceramide. Nature 449(7158):62-68
  4. West G, Viitanen L, Alm C, Mattjus P, Salminen TA, Edqvist J. (2008) Identification of a glycosphingolipid transfer protein GLTP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Journal 275(13):3421-3437.