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Facts about Ceramide glucosyltransferase.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | UGCG |
| Uniprot: | Q16739 |
| Entrez: | 7357 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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.