UGT8

UGT8
Identifiers
Aliases	UGT8, CGT, UGT4, UDP glycosyltransferase 8, GalCer Synthase, Ceramide Galactosyltransferase
External IDs	OMIM: 601291; MGI: 109522; HomoloGene: 20715; GeneCards: UGT8; OMA:UGT8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)
End	114,678,225 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 3 (mouse)
End	125,732,268 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	inferior ganglion of vagus nerve; ; corpus callosum; ; subthalamic nucleus; ; superior vestibular nucleus; ; C1 segment; ; pons; ; external globus pallidus; ; pars reticulata; ; ventral tegmental area; ; pars compacta;
	Top expressed in
	deep cerebellar nuclei; ; pontine nuclei; ; ventral tegmental area; ; lateral geniculate nucleus; ; globus pallidus; ; dorsal tegmental nucleus; ; substantia nigra; ; lateral hypothalamus; ; medial geniculate nucleus; ; medial vestibular nucleus;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	hexosyltransferase activity; glycosyltransferase activity; glucuronosyltransferase activity; transferase activity; N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase activity; UDP-galactose:glucosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase activity; UDP-glycosyltransferase activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; membrane; intracellular membrane-bounded organelle; plasma membrane;
Biological process	lipid metabolism; neuron projection morphogenesis; galactosylceramide biosynthetic process; glycosphingolipid metabolic process; peripheral nervous system development; central nervous system development; paranodal junction assembly; metabolism; protein localization to paranode region of axon; cytoskeleton organization; sphingolipid metabolic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	7368
	22239
	ENSG00000174607
	ENSMUSG00000032854
	Q16880
	Q64676
	NM_001128174; NM_003360; NM_001322112; NM_001322113; NM_001322114
	NM_011674
	NP_001121646; NP_001309041; NP_001309042; NP_001309043; NP_003351
	NP_035804
	Wikidata
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2-hydroxyacylsphingosine 1-beta-galactosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UGT8 gene.^[5]^[6]

Function

Galactocerebrosides are abundant sphingolipids of the myelin membrane of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system and are also present in small amounts in kidney. The key enzymatic step in the biosynthesis of galactocerebrosides consists of the transfer of galactose to ceramide catalyzed by UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT, EC 2.4.1.45). The enzyme encoded by the CGT gene is the first involved in complex lipid biosynthesis in the myelinating oligodendrocyte.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000174607 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032854 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Bosio A, Binczek E, Le Beau MM, Fernald AA, Stoffel W (Dec 1996). "The human gene CGT encoding the UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyl transferase (cerebroside synthase): cloning, characterization, and assignment to human chromosome 4, band q26". Genomics. 34 (1): 69–75. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0242. PMID 8661025.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: UGT8 UDP glycosyltransferase 8 (UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyltransferase)".

Yahi N, Spitalnik SL, Stefano KA, De Micco P, Gonzalez-Scarano F, Fantini J (1994). "Interferon-gamma decreases cell surface expression of galactosyl ceramide, the receptor for HIV-1 GP120 on human colonic epithelial cells". Virology. 204 (2): 550–7. doi:10.1006/viro.1994.1568. PMID 7941321.
Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
Bhat S, Mettus RV, Reddy EP, Ugen KE, Srikanthan V, Williams WV, Weiner DB (1993). "The galactosyl ceramide/sulfatide receptor binding region of HIV-1 gp120 maps to amino acids 206-275". AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses. 9 (2): 175–81. doi:10.1089/aid.1993.9.175. PMID 8457384.
Kapitonov D, Yu RK (1997). "Cloning, characterization, and expression of human ceramide galactosyltransferase cDNA". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 232 (2): 449–53. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6240. PMID 9125199.
Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
Sprong H, Kruithof B, Leijendekker R, Slot JW, van Meer G, van der Sluijs P (1998). "UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase is a class I integral membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (40): 25880–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.40.25880. PMID 9748263.
Iida A, Saito S, Sekine A, Mishima C, Kitamura Y, Kondo K, Harigae S, Osawa S, Nakamura Y (2002). "Catalog of 86 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase genes: UGT2A1, UGT2B15, and UGT8". J. Hum. Genet. 47 (10): 505–10. doi:10.1007/s100380200075. PMID 12376738.
Sprong H, Degroote S, Nilsson T, Kawakita M, Ishida N, van der Sluijs P, van Meer G (2003). "Association of the Golgi UDP-galactose transporter with UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase allows UDP-galactose import in the endoplasmic reticulum". Mol. Biol. Cell. 14 (8): 3482–93. doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-03-0130. PMC 181583. PMID 12925779.
Tencomnao T, Kapitonov D, Bieberich E, Yu RK (2004). "Transcriptional regulation of the human UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase (hCGT) gene expression: functional role of GC-box and CRE". Glycoconj. J. 20 (5): 339–51. doi:10.1023/B:GLYC.0000033630.58533.16. PMID 15229398. S2CID 38983312.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000174607 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032854 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid8661025-5] Bosio A, Binczek E, Le Beau MM, Fernald AA, Stoffel W (Dec 1996). "The human gene CGT encoding the UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyl transferase (cerebroside synthase): cloning, characterization, and assignment to human chromosome 4, band q26". Genomics. 34 (1): 69–75. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0242. PMID 8661025.

[entrez-6] "Entrez Gene: UGT8 UDP glycosyltransferase 8 (UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyltransferase)".

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v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)

UGT8

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