neolactotetraosylceramide
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From neo- + lacto- + tetra- + osyl- + ceramide.
Noun
[edit]neolactotetraosylceramide (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) A glycosphingolipid found in the nervous system, containing four monosaccharide residues and a ceramide. It acts as an enzyme to catalyse certain biochemical reactions.
- 1988, Otakar Mikeš, Separation of Individual Compound Classes:
- GSL (glucosylceramide, lactosylceramide, globotriaosylceramide, lactotriaosylceramide, globotetraosylceramide and neolactotetraosylceramide) were separated.
- 2009, Wiley encyclopedia of chemical biology, volume 1, page 641:
- β3Gn-T5 exhibited strong activity in transferring GlcNAc to glycolipid substrates, such as lactosylceramide (LacCer) and neolactotetraosylceramide (nLatCer; paragloboside), to produce Lc3Cer and neolactopentaosylceramide (nLcsCer) […]
- 2006, Michelle A. Lum, The Role of Differential Glyco-gene Expression in Cancer Metastasis, page 47:
- On glycolipids, [ST3Gal6] has a high affinity for neolactotetraosylceramide and neolactohexaosylceramide structures […]