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UPD-Galactose: Ceramide Galactosyltransferase. Kinetic Properties and Effect of Detergents and Phospholipids on the Partially Purified Enzyme of Rat Brain

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Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism

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UDP-galactose: ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGa1T, EC 2.4.1.45) catalyzes the synthesis of cerebrosides according to the following reaction: UDP-galactose + ceramide → cerebroside + UDPS

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  1. Centre de Neurochimie du CNRS, Strasbourg, France

    N. M. Neskovic & P. Mandel

  2. Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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Neskovic, N.M., Mandel, P., Gatt, S. (1978). UPD-Galactose: Ceramide Galactosyltransferase. Kinetic Properties and Effect of Detergents and Phospholipids on the Partially Purified Enzyme of Rat Brain. In: Gatt, S., Freysz, L., Mandel, P. (eds) Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 101. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9071-2_57

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