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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP00845
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 6126
  • HMDBP04418
Name Ceramide glucosyltransferase
Synonyms
  1. GCS
  2. GLCT-1
  3. Glucosylceramide synthase
  4. UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase
  5. UDP-glucose:N-acylsphingosine D-glucosyltransferase
Gene Name UGCG
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis
Specific Function Catalyzes the first glycosylation step in glycosphingolipid biosynthesis, the transfer of glucose to ceramide. May also serve as a "flippase".
Pathways
  • Fabry disease
  • Gaucher Disease
  • Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy
  • Krabbe disease
  • Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD)
  • sphingolipid metabolism
  • Starch and sucrose metabolism
Reactions
Uridine diphosphate glucose + N-acylsphingosine → Uridine 5'-diphosphate + D-glucosyl-N-acylsphingosine details
Uridine diphosphate glucose + N-Acylsphingosine → Uridine 5'-diphosphate + beta-D-Glucosyl-(1<->1)-ceramide details
GO Classification
Biological Process
small molecule metabolic process
phospholipid metabolic process
glucosylceramide biosynthetic process
epidermis development
Cellular Component
integral to membrane
Golgi membrane
Molecular Function
ceramide glucosyltransferase activity
Cellular Location
  1. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 9
Locus 9q31
SNPs UGCG
Gene Sequence
>1185 bp
ATGGCGCTGCTGGACCTGGCCTTGGAGGGAATGGCCGTCTTCGGGTTCGTCCTCTTCTTG
GTGCTGTGGCTGATGCATTTCATGGCTATCATCTACACCCGATTACACCTCAACAAGAAG
GCAACTGACAAACAGCCTTATAGCAAGCTCCCAGGTGTCTCTCTTCTGAAACCACTGAAA
GGGGTAGATCCTAACTTAATCAACAACCTGGAAACATTCTTTGAATTGGATTATCCCAAA
TATGAAGTGCTCCTTTGTGTACAAGATCATGATGATCCAGCCATTGATGTATGTAAGAAG
CTTCTTGGAAAATATCCAAATGTTGATGCTAGATTGTTTATAGGTGGTAAAAAAGTTGGC
ATTAATCCTAAAATTAATAATTTAATGCCAGGATATGAAGTTGCAAAGTATGATCTTATA
TGGATTTGTGATAGTGGAATAAGAGTAATTCCAGATACGCTTACTGACATGGTGAATCAA
ATGACAGAAAAAGTAGGCTTGGTTCACGGGCTGCCTTACGTAGCAGACAGACAGGGCTTT
GCTGCCACCTTAGAGCAGGTATATTTTGGAACTTCACATCCAAGATACTATATCTCTGCC
AATGTAACTGGTTTCAAATGTGTGACAGGAATGTCTTGTTTAATGAGAAAAGATGTGTTG
GATCAAGCAGGAGGACTTATAGCTTTTGCTCAGTACATTGCCGAAGATTACTTTATGGCC
AAAGCGATAGCTGACCGAGGTTGGAGGTTTGCAATGTCCACTCAAGTTGCAATGCAAAAC
TCTGGCTCATATTCAATTTCTCAGTTTCAATCCAGAATGATCAGGTGGACCAAACTACGA
ATTAACATGCTTCCTGCTACAATAATTTGTGAGCCAATTTCAGAATGCTTTGTTGCCAGT
TTAATTATTGGATGGGCAGCCCACCATGTGTTCAGATGGGATATTATGGTATTTTTCATG
TGTCATTGCCTGGCATGGTTTATATTTGACTACATTCAACTCAGGGGTGTCCAGGGTGGC
ACACTGTGTTTTTCAAAACTTGATTATGCAGTCGCCTGGTTCATCCGCGAATCCATGACA
ATATACATTTTTTTGTCTGCATTATGGGACCCAACTATAAGCTGGAGAACTGGTCGCTAC
AGATTACGCTGTGGGGGTACAGCAGAGGAAATCCTAGATGTATAA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 394
Molecular Weight 44853.255
Theoretical pI 7.789
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Ceramide glucosyltransferase
MALLDLALEGMAVFGFVLFLVLWLMHFMAIIYTRLHLNKKATDKQPYSKLPGVSLLKPLK
GVDPNLINNLETFFELDYPKYEVLLCVQDHDDPAIDVCKKLLGKYPNVDARLFIGGKKVG
INPKINNLMPGYEVAKYDLIWICDSGIRVIPDTLTDMVNQMTEKVGLVHGLPYVADRQGF
AATLEQVYFGTSHPRYYISANVTGFKCVTGMSCLMRKDVLDQAGGLIAFAQYIAEDYFMA
KAIADRGWRFAMSTQVAMQNSGSYSISQFQSRMIRWTKLRINMLPATIICEPISECFVAS
LIIGWAAHHVFRWDIMVFFMCHCLAWFIFDYIQLRGVQGGTLCFSKLDYAVAWFIRESMT
IYIFLSALWDPTISWRTGRYRLRCGGTAEEILDV
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q16739
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name CEGT_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID D50840
GeneCard ID UGCG
GenAtlas ID UGCG
HGNC ID HGNC:12524
References
General References
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