Glucosylceramide Synthases, a Gene Family Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Glucosphingolipids in Animals, Plants, and Fungi

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 276, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 33621-33629

  Leipelt, Martina ^a   Warnecke, Dirk ^a   Zähringer, Ulrich ^b   Ott, Claudia ^a   Müller, Frank ^a,d   Hube, Bernhard ^c   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; GENES;

MAMMALIAN CELLS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; SPHINGOLIPID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAGNAPORTHE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAMMALIA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GOSSYPIUM; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; PICHIA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0035823633     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M104952200     Document Type: Article

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