Compound

a D-galactosylceramide

Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a galactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-galactosidase, is the cause of galactosylceramide lipidosis or globoid cell leukodystrophy.

Definition from MeSH (D005699), National Library of Medicine, read 2026-09-23. NLM revises MeSH; this copy may not reflect its current record.

CHEBI:36498ChEBI

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Structure

2D depiction

Class: Structural class, not a single molecule
Formula: C10H17NO8R2
Mass: 279.244 g/mol
Charge: 0
SMILES: [1*]C(=O)N[C@@H](COC1O[C@H](CO)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]1O)[C@@H]([2*])O
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Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.

What it touches on the way

Mechanistic reach

1 entity

1 entities reached.

0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold

GALCProteinUNIPROT:P54803substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints

What the reference databases state

Statements

1 statement

1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: a D-galactosylceramide · Sources: Rhea

Order

a D-galactosylceramide is a substrate of GALCProteinRhea RHEA:43412Inferred only

Reactions

1 reaction

a D-galactosylceramide+wateran N-acyl-sphingoid base+D-galactose
Catalysed by GALC
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:43412CC BY 4.0Reference data

Other names

7 names

Resolves to: a D-galactosylceramide

Also called: Beta-D-galactosylceramideCerebrosideD-Galactosyl-N-acylsphingosineD-GalactosylceramideGalactocerebrosidegalactocerebrosidesgalactosylceramides