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Facts about Ceramide glucosyltransferase.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | UGCG |
Uniprot: | Q16739 |
Entrez: | 7357 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 2 family |
ceramide glucosyltransferase; EC 2.4.1.80; GCSGLCT1; GLCT-1; Glucosylceramide synthase; UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferaseUDP-glucose:N-acylsphingosine D-glucosyltransferase
Mass (kDA):
44.854 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 9q31.3 |
Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (111896766..111935369) |
Found in all tissues examined.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 8643456 by Ichikawa S., et al. Expression cloning of a cDNA for human ceramide glucosyltransferase that catalyzes the first glycosylation step of glycosphingolipid synthesis.
PMID: 1532799 by Jeckel D., et al. Glucosylceramide is synthesized at the cytosolic surface of various Golgi subfractions.