Sphingolipid was named after which human-lion mythical creature?
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Sphingolipid Sphingolipids, or glycosylceramides, are a class of lipids containing a backbone of sphingoid bases, a set of aliphatic amino alcohols that includes sphingosine. They were discovered in brain extracts in the 1870s and were named after the mythological Sphinx because of their enigmatic nature. These compounds play important roles in signal transmission and cell recognition. Sphingolipidoses, or disorders of sphingolipid metabolism, have particular impact on neural tissue. A sphingolipid with an R group consisting of a hydrogen atom only is a ceramide. Other common R groups include phosphocholine, yielding a sphingomyelin, and various sugar monomers or dimers, yielding cerebrosides and globosides, respectively. Cerebrosides and globosides are collectively known as glycosphingolipids.
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Sphinx A sphinx (Ancient Greek: Σφίγξ ] , Boeotian: Φίξ , plural sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
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Leopard The leopard ("Panthera pardus") is one of the five "big cats" in the genus "Panthera". It is a member of the family Felidae with a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. Fossil records suggest that in the Late Pleistocene it occurred in Europe and Japan.
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Nubian lion The Nubian lion ("Panthera leo leo") was described in 1843 by the French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville under the trinomen "Felis leo nubicus". In 1939, it was considered synonymous with "Felis leo leo".
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Sylph Sylph (also called sylphid) is a mythological spirit of the air. The term originates in the 16th century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air.
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Ceryneian Hind In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian Hind (Greek: Ελαφος Κερυνῖτις "Elaphos Kerynitis"), also called Cerynitis or the Golden Hind, was an enormous hind, who lived in Keryneia, Greece. It was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt, animals and unmarried women. It had golden antlers like a stag and hooves of bronze or brass, and it was said that it could outrun an arrow in flight. The capture of the hind was the third labour of Heracles.
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Tuscany lion The Tuscany lion or Tuscany jaguar ("Panthera toscana") was a prehistoric large feline of the Villafranchian of Italy. Although originally named as a separate species, "Panthera toscana" is now often recognized as an early form of "Panthera gombaszoegensis", the European jaguar.
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Pixiu Pixiu (), is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature, commonly, but incorrectly referred to in the West by the Greek word "chimera", is considered to be a very powerful protector to practitioners of Feng Shui. It resembles a strong, winged lion. Pixiu is an earth and sea variation, particularly an influential and auspicious creature for wealth. It is said to have a voracious appetite towards only gold, silver and jewels. Therefore, traditionally to the Chinese, Pixiu has always been regarded as an auspicious creature that possessed mystical power capable of drawing "Cai Qi" (財氣 wealth) from all directions. Because of this, according to Chinese zodiac, it is especially helpful for those who are going through a bad year.
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Somali lion The Somali lion ("Panthera leo leo" or "Panthera leo melanochaita") refers to a lion population in Somalia. Already in the 1980s, the national lion population had greatly declined due to poaching and was restricted to woodlands in the southern part of the country.
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Sphingomyelin Sphingomyelin (SPH, ˌsfɪŋɡoˈmaɪəlɪn) is a type of sphingolipid found in animal cell membranes, especially in the membranous myelin sheath that surrounds some nerve cell axons. It usually consists of phosphocholine and ceramide, or a phosphoethanolamine head group; therefore, sphingomyelins can also be classified as sphingophospholipids. In humans, SPH represents ~85% of all sphingolipids, and typically make up 10–20 mol % of plasma membrane lipids.
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Gaetulian lion Since classical antiquity, a Gaetulian lion in literature has been a Barbary lion of fierce reputation. Gaetulia, in ancient geography, was the land of the Gaetuli, a warlike tribe of ancient Libya that appears in Virgil's "Aeneid", Book V, Line 352:
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Thylacoleonidae Thylacoleonidae is a family of extinct meat-eating marsupials from Australia, referred to as marsupial lions. The best known is "Thylacoleo carnifex", also called the marsupial lion. The clade ranged from the Late Oligocene to the Pleistocene, with some species the size of a possum and others as large as a leopard. The discovery of a new small sized species indicates a higher ecological diversity than previously thought.
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USS Sphinx (ARL-24) USS "Sphinx" (ARL-24) was laid down as a United States Navy "LST-542"-class tank landing ship but converted to one of 39 "Achelous"-class repair ship s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for the Sphinx (a mythical monster formed by joining the body of a lion and the head of a human), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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Peryton The Peryton is an alleged mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The Peryton was created and described by Jorge Luis Borges in his "Book of Imaginary Beings," using a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript as a source.
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Ningyo Ningyo (人魚 , "human fish", often translated as "mermaid") is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. Anciently, it was described with a monkey’s mouth with small teeth like a fish’s, shining golden scales, and a quiet voice like a skylark or a flute. Its flesh is pleasant-tasting, and anyone who eats it will attain remarkable longevity. However, catching a "ningyo" was believed to bring storms and misfortune, so fishermen who caught these creatures were said to throw them back into the sea. A "ningyo" washed onto the beach was an omen of war or calamity.
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Anzû (mythology) Anzû, before misread as Zû (Sumerian: "AN.ZUD2, AN.ZUD, AN.IM.DUGUD.MUŠEN, AN.IM.MI.MUŠEN"; cuneiform: "AN.IM.MI-mušen"), also known as Imdugud, is a lesser divinity or monster in several Mesopotamian religions. He was conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu and the wide Earth, or as son of Siris. Anzû was depicted as a massive bird who can breathe fire and water, although Anzû is alternately depicted as a lion-headed eagle.
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Medusa In Greek mythology Medusa ( , ; Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress") was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers upon her hideous face would turn to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto. According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on an island named Sarpedon, somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BCE novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion puts her somewhere in Libya, where Herodotus had said the Berbers originated her myth, as part of their religion.
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Sphingosine kinase Sphingosine kinase (SphK) is a conserved lipid kinase that catalyzes formation sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) from the precursor sphingolipid sphingosine. Sphingolipid metabolites, such as ceramide, sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate, are lipid second messengers involved in diverse cellular processes. There are two forms of SphK, SphK1 and SphK2. SphK1 is found in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells, and migrates to the plasma membrane upon activation. SphK2 is localized to the nucleus.
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Lion (heraldry) The lion is a common charge in heraldry. It traditionally symbolises courage, nobility, royalty, strength, stateliness and valour, because historically it has been regarded as the "king of beasts". Lion refers also to a Judeo-Christian symbolism. The Lion of Judah stands in the coat of arms of Jerusalem. Similar looking lion can be found e.g. in the coat of arms of the Swedish royal House of Bjelbo, from there in turn derived into the coat of arms of Finland, formerly belonging to Sweden, and many others examples for similar historical reasons.
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Tigon A tigon ( ) or tiglon ( ) is a hybrid cross between a male tiger ("Panthera tigris") and a female lion ("Panthera leo"). Thus, it has parents with the same genus but of different species. The tigon is not currently as common as the converse hybrid, the liger; however, in 1961, Gerald Iles wrote that he had been able to obtain three tigons, but he had never seen a liger.
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Oliver the chimpanzee Oliver (c. 1958 – 2 June 2012) was a former "performing" ape once promoted as a missing link or "Humanzee" due to his (somewhat) unusually human-like appendages and a tendency to walk upright. Despite his somewhat unusual appearance and behavior, scientists determined that Oliver was not a human-chimpanzee hybrid.
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Great Sphinx of Giza The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول‎ ‎ "Abū al-Haul" , English: The Terrifying One ; literally: Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre.