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Cell-free particulate fractions from Escherichia coli have been found to catalyze the synthesis of cardiolipin from cytidine diphosphate diglyceride and l -glycerol 3-phosphate. Evidence is presented that phosphatidylglycerol is the immediate precursor of cardiolipin in a reaction involving the transfer of a phosphatidyl moiety from CDP-diglyceride.
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Stanaćev et al. (1967) studied this question.
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