UGT8

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

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.

Further reading

• Yahi N, Spitalnik SL, Stefano KA, De Micco P, Gonzalez-Scarano F, Fantini J (1994). "Interferon-gamma decreases cell surface expression of galactosyl ceramide, the receptor for HIV-1 GP120 on human colonic epithelial cells". Virology. 204 (2): 550–7. doi:10.1006/viro.1994.1568. PMID 7941321.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Bhat S, Mettus RV, Reddy EP, Ugen KE, Srikanthan V, Williams WV, Weiner DB (1993). "The galactosyl ceramide/sulfatide receptor binding region of HIV-1 gp120 maps to amino acids 206-275". AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses. 9 (2): 175–81. doi:10.1089/aid.1993.9.175. PMID 8457384.
• Kapitonov D, Yu RK (1997). "Cloning, characterization, and expression of human ceramide galactosyltransferase cDNA". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 232 (2): 449–53. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6240. PMID 9125199.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Sprong H, Kruithof B, Leijendekker R, Slot JW, van Meer G, van der Sluijs P (1998). "UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase is a class I integral membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (40): 25880–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.40.25880. PMID 9748263.
• Iida A, Saito S, Sekine A, Mishima C, Kitamura Y, Kondo K, Harigae S, Osawa S, Nakamura Y (2002). "Catalog of 86 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase genes: UGT2A1, UGT2B15, and UGT8". J. Hum. Genet. 47 (10): 505–10. doi:10.1007/s100380200075. PMID 12376738.
• Sprong H, Degroote S, Nilsson T, Kawakita M, Ishida N, van der Sluijs P, van Meer G (2003). "Association of the Golgi UDP-galactose transporter with UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase allows UDP-galactose import in the endoplasmic reticulum". Mol. Biol. Cell. 14 (8): 3482–93. doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-03-0130. PMC 181583. PMID 12925779.
• Tencomnao T, Kapitonov D, Bieberich E, Yu RK (2004). "Transcriptional regulation of the human UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase (hCGT) gene expression: functional role of GC-box and CRE". Glycoconj. J. 20 (5): 339–51. doi:10.1023/B:GLYC.0000033630.58533.16. PMID 15229398.
• Lebea PJ, Pretorius PJ (2005). "The molecular relationship between deficient UDP-galactose uridyl transferase (GALT) and ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT) enzyme function: a possible cause for poor long-term prognosis in classic galactosemia". Med. Hypotheses. 65 (6): 1051–7. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2005.06.025. PMID 16125333.