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UGT8 localizations

UGT8 [ENSP00000311648]

2-hydroxyacylsphingosine 1-beta-galactosyltransferase; Catalyzes the transfer of galactose to ceramide, a key enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of galactocerebrosides, which are abundant sphingolipids of the myelin membrane of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system; Belongs to the UDP-glycosyltransferase family.

Synonyms:  UGT8,  UGT8p,  hUGT8,  D6RFW2,  Q16880 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM

Extracellular space Cytosol Plasma membrane Cytoskeleton Lysosome Endosome Peroxisome ER Golgi Apparatus Nucleus Mitochondrion 0 1 2 3 4 5 Confidence

The subcellular localizations are derived from database annotations, automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, and sequence-based predictions. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Janos Binder, Sune Frankild, Kalliopi Tsafou, Christian Stolte, Sean O'Donoghue, Reinhard Schneider, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR), the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).