Psychosine
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(2S,3R,4E)-2-Amino-3-hydroxy-4-octadecen-1-yl β-D-galactopyranoside | |
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C24H47NO7 | |
Molar mass | 461.64 g·mol−1 |
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Psychosine is a highly cytotoxic lipid that accumulates in the nervous system in the absence of galactosylceramidase.[1]
Chemically, it is a galactoside of sphingosine.
References
- ↑ Hawkins-Salsbury, J. A.; Parameswar, A. R.; Jiang, X; Schlesinger, P. H.; Bongarzone, E; Ory, D. S.; Demchenko, A. V.; Sands, M. S. (2013). "Psychosine, the cytotoxic sphingolipid that accumulates in globoid cell leukodystrophy, alters membrane architecture". The Journal of Lipid Research. 54 (12): 3303–3311. PMC 3826678 . PMID 24006512. doi:10.1194/jlr.M039610.
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