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Ceramides are a
family of waxy
lipid molecules. A
ceramide is
composed of
sphingosine and a
fatty acid
joined by an
amide bond.
Ceramides are
found in...
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solution but, rather,
exist bound to
special carrier proteins in serum.
Ceramide (Cer) can be
generated by the
breakdown of
sphingomyelin (SM) by sphingomyelinases...
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ceramide 1-phosphate Thus, the two
substrates of this
enzyme are ATP and
ceramide,
whereas its two
products are ADP and
ceramide-1-phosphate...
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impact on
neural tissue. A
sphingolipid with a
terminal hydroxyl group is a
ceramide.
Other common groups bonded to the
terminal oxygen atom
include phosphocholine...
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sphingomyelin ceramide-phosphohydrolase.
These enzymes catalyse the
hydrolysis of sphingomyelin,
resulting in the
formation of
ceramide 1-phosphate and...
- In enzymology, a
ceramide phosphoethanolamine synthase (EC 2.7.8.-) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction a
ceramide + a phosphoethanolamine...
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synthesizes C24-
ceramides and
ceramides with
longer acyl chains, and is
found mainly in skin and testis. Specifically, CerS3
synthesizes ceramides containing...
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Krabbe disease (KD) (also
known as
globoid cell
leukodystrophy or
galactosylceramide lipidosis) is a rare and
often fatal lysosomal storage disease that...
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lactosylceramide synthase,
uridine diphosphate-galactose:glucosyl
ceramide beta 1-4 galactosyltransferase, UDP-Gal:glucosylceramide beta1->4galactosyltransferase...
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glycolipid known as
globotriaosylceramide (abbreviated as Gb3, GL-3, or
ceramide trihexoside) to ac****ulate
within the
blood vessels,
other tissues, and...
