Compound
psychosine
An intermediate in the biosynthesis of cerebrosides. It is formed by reaction of sphingosine with udp-galactose and then itself reacts with fatty acid-Coenzyme A to form the cerebroside.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
2 entities
2 entities reached.
0 reported hops2 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
3 statements
3 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: psychosine · Sources: Human-GEM
- psychosine is a substrate of GAL3ST1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR00915Inferred only
- psychosine is a substrate of GAL3ST1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR03251Inferred only
- psychosine is a substrate of GALCProteinHuman-GEM MAR00914Inferred only
Reactions
5 reactions
sphing-4-enine+CHEBI:67119proton+psychosine+UDP
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 2.4.1.23GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR00912CC BY 4.0Reference data
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005829, GO:0005764
Human-GEM MAR00913CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+psychosinealpha-D-galactose+sphing-4-enine
Catalysed by GALC
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 3.2.1.46GO:0005764
Human-GEM MAR00914CC BY 4.0Reference data
3'-phospho-5'-adenylyl sulfate+psychosineproton+adenosine 3',5'-bismonophosphate+MAM02809c
Catalysed by GAL3ST1
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 2.8.2.11GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR00915CC BY 4.0Reference data
3'-phospho-5'-adenylyl sulfate+psychosineproton+adenosine 3',5'-bismonophosphate+MAM02809g
Catalysed by GAL3ST1
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 2.8.2.11GO:0005794
Human-GEM MAR03251CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
17 names
Resolves to: psychosine
- Also called
- (2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-1-(beta-D-galactopyranosyloxy)-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-ene(2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-1-(β-D-galactopyranosyloxy)-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-ene1-beta-D-galactosphingosine1-beta-D-galactosylsphingosine1-O-beta-D-galactopyranosylsphingosine1-O-beta-D-galactosylsphingosine1-O-β-D-galactopyranosylsphingosine1-O-β-D-galactosylsphingosine1-β-D-galactosphingosine1-β-D-galactosylsphingosinebeta-psychosineGalactosylsphingosineO-Galactosylsphingosinesphingosine galactosideβ-psychosine
- Systematic name
- (2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-en-1-yl beta-D-galactopyranoside(2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-en-1-yl β-D-galactopyranoside