phosphorylcholine chloride

Phosphorylcholine chloride, an antigenic component found on the surface of numerous commensal and pathogenic bacteria inhabiting the upper airway, is integral to bacterial cell surfaces.

Phosphorylcholine chloride calcium salt tetrahydrate (Phosphocholine chloride calcium salt tet) is a small haptenic molecule, is found in a wide variety of organisms. Human hepatic tumors undergo an elevation in the concentration of phosphorylcholine as the principal metabolic change is observed (PMID: 11076016 ). Phosphorylcholine chloride calcium salt tetrahydrate is the precursor metabolite of choline in the glycine, serine and threonine metabolism pathways (KEGG, map00260) and in intermediate between choline and cytidine-diphosphate choline in the glycerophospholipid metabolism pathway (KEGG, map00564).

Phosphorylcholine is widely present in the biological world, which is a phospholipid present in the eukaryotic biofilm, and also in the symbiotic bacteria or pathogens associated with eukaryotes. Phosphorylcholine has immunomodulatory properties and can be used to study atherosclerosis.