UPLC⁻MS/MS Identification of Sterol Sulfates in Marine Diatoms.

ABSTRACT: Diatoms are unicellular eukaryotic organisms that play a key ecological and biogeochemical role in oceans as major primary producers. Recently, these microalgae have also attracted interest as a promising source of functional products with widespread relevance. Progress in the knowledge of cell and molecular biology of diatoms is envisaged as a key step to understanding regulation of their life cycle in marine environments as well as facilitating their full and profitable exploitation by biotechnological platforms. Recently, we identified sterol sulfates (StS) as regulatory molecules of cell death in the diatom Skeletonema marinoi. As these compounds may have a general role in diatom physiology and chemical signals in aquatic systems, we investigated a suitable tool for their analys

SUBMITTER: Nuzzo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6356472 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature