Galactocerebroside

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A galactocerebroside

A galactocerebroside (or galactosylceramide) is a type of cerebroside consisting of a ceramide with a galactose residue at the 1-hydroxyl moiety.

The galactose is cleaved by galactosylceramidase.

Galactocerebroside is a marker for oligodendrocytes in the brain, whether or not they form myelin.[1][2]

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  • Sphingolipid

  • glucose

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  1. ^ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v274/n5673/abs/274813a0.html
  2. ^ http://jcb.rupress.org/content/101/3/1135.abstract

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Ceramide
Ganglioside
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M: MET

mt, k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, a/u, n, m

k, cgrp/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, au, n, m, epon

m (A16/C10), i (k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/o/e, a/u, n, m)
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