Anandamide for Dummies
The crystal construction of NAPE-PLD in complicated with phosphatidylethanolamine and deoxycholate exhibits how the cannabinoid anandamide is produced from membrane N-acylphosphatidylethanolamines (NAPEs), and reveals that bile acids – which can be mainly linked to the absorption of lipids inside the small intestine – modulate its biogenesis.[2