Cerebrosider vars ena polgrupp består av en galaktosdel med glykosidbindning till hydroxylgruppen i ceramid. Ansamling av dessa i kroppsvävnaden, pga brist på beta-galaktosidas, ger upphov till galaktosylceramidlipidos eller globoidcellsleukodystrofi.
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.
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Galactosyl Ceramide — Ceramide, Galactosyl — Galactosyl Ceramides — Ceramides, Galactosyl — Galactocerebrosides — Galactosylceramide