UGT8

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2-hydroxyacylsphingosine 1-beta-galactosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UGT8 gene.[5][6]

AliasesUGT8, CGT, UGT4, UDP glycosyltransferase 8, GalCer Synthase, Ceramide Galactosyltransferase
End114,678,225 bp[1]
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UGT8
Identifiers
AliasesUGT8, CGT, UGT4, UDP glycosyltransferase 8, GalCer Synthase, Ceramide Galactosyltransferase
External IDsOMIM: 601291; MGI: 109522; HomoloGene: 20715; GeneCards: UGT8; OMA:UGT8 - orthologs
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SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001128174
NM_003360
NM_001322112
NM_001322113
NM_001322114

NM_011674

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001121646
NP_001309041
NP_001309042
NP_001309043
NP_003351

NP_035804

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 114.6 – 114.68 MbChr 3: 125.66 – 125.73 Mb
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Function

Galactocerebrosides are abundant sphingolipids of the myelin membrane of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system and are also present in small amounts in kidney. The key enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of galactocerebrosides consists of the transfer of galactose to ceramide catalyzed by UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT, EC 2.4.1.45). The enzyme encoded by the CGT gene is the first involved in complex lipid biosynthesis in the myelinating oligodendrocyte.[6]

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