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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Lipid signaling (section Ceramide)
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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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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Ceramide-activated protein phosphatases (CAPPs) are a group of enzymes that are activated by the lipid second messenger ceramide. Known CAPPs include members...
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Krabbe disease (redirect from Gfalactosyl ceramide lipidosis)
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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sphingomyelin ceramide-phosphohydrolase. These enzymes catalyse the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin, resulting in the formation of ceramide 1-phosphate and...
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Ceramide glucosyltransferase (or glucosylceramide synthase) is a glucosyltransferase enzyme involved in the production of glucocerebroside. It is classified...
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See Sphingolipid Ceramide phosphorylcholine (Sphingomyelin) (SPH) Ceramide phosphorylethanolamine (Sphingomyelin) (Cer-PE) Ceramide phosphoryllipid Phospholipids...
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\rightleftharpoons } ADP + 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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Sphingosine N-acyltransferase (redirect from Ceramide synthase)
isoforms. Ceramide synthases include: Ceramide synthase 1 Ceramide synthase 2 Ceramide synthase 3 Ceramide synthase 4 Ceramide synthase 5 Ceramide synthase...
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