Smith J D
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 02747.
Prog Lipid Res. 1993;32(1):47-60. doi: 10.1016/0163-7827(93)90004-g.
Because of the diverse nature of the organisms which are all classed as 'protozoa' (and because of the lack of detailed information on phospholipid metabolism about most of them), it will probably never be possible to generalize phospholipid metabolism to the degree that it has been possible to characterize a mammalian metabolism. Nonetheless, patterns have begun to emerge (i.e. the similarities among the ciliates Entodinium, Paramecium and Tetrahymena) and will not doubt be expanded upon in the future.
由于所有被归类为“原生动物”的生物体具有多样性(并且由于大多数原生动物缺乏关于磷脂代谢的详细信息),可能永远无法像对哺乳动物代谢那样对磷脂代谢进行全面概括。尽管如此,一些模式已经开始显现(例如纤毛虫内毛虫属、草履虫和四膜虫之间的相似性),并且毫无疑问在未来会得到进一步拓展。