Glycosphingolipid

Japanese: glycosphingolipid
Glycosphingolipid

...Found mainly in the plant and microbial kingdoms.
[Glycosphingolipid]
They are also called glycosylceramides. The simplest type is cerebroside, which contains sugar linked by a β-glycosidic bond to the hydroxyl group of ceramide (a structural unit in which a fatty acid is linked to the amino group of sphingosine via an amide bond) (Figure 6).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "glycosphingolipid" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主として植物界と微生物界に見いだされる。
[スフィンゴ糖脂質glycosphingolipid]
 グリコシルセラミドともいう。最も簡単なものはセレブロシドで,セラミド(スフィンゴシンのアミノ基に脂肪酸がアミド結合した構造単位)の水酸基にβ‐グリコシド結合した糖を含む(図6)。…

※「glycosphingolipid」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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