dihydrosphingosine
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L-threo-dihydrosphingosine — A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called protein kinase inhibitors. Also called safingol … English dictionary of cancer terms
sphinganine — Dihydrosphingosine; a constituent of the sphingolipids. * * * sphin·ga·nine (sfingґgə nēn) a dihydroxy derivative of sphingosine and similarly a common component of sphingolipids in mammals … Medical dictionary
Ceramide — General chemical structure of sphingolipids. When the substituent (R) in this structure is H, the resulting molecule is a ceramide … Wikipedia
Sphinganine kinase — In enzymology, a sphinganine kinase (EC number|2.7.1.91) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:ATP + sphinganine ightleftharpoons ADP + sphinganine 1 phosphateThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and sphinganine, whereas… … Wikipedia
Sphingosine — chembox new ImageFile = Sphingosine 2D skeletal.png OtherNames = Formula = C18H37NO2 PubChem = 1104 MolarMass= 299.492 CASNo = 123 78 4 Density= MeltingPt= BoilingPt=Sphingosine (2 amino 4 octadecene 1,3 diol) is an 18 carbon amino alcohol with… … Wikipedia
Sphingosine kinase — protein Name= sphingosine kinase 1 caption= width= HGNCid=11240 Symbol=SPHK1 AltSymbols= EntrezGene=8877 OMIM=603730 RefSeq=NM 182965 UniProt=Q9NYA1 PDB= ECnumber= Chromosome=17 Arm=q Band=25.2 LocusSupplementaryData=protein Name=sphingosine… … Wikipedia
3-dehydrosphinganine reductase — In enzymology, a 3 dehydrosphinganine reductase (EC number|1.1.1.102) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:sphinganine + NADP+ ightleftharpoons 3 dehydrosphinganine + NADPH + H+Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are sphinganine… … Wikipedia
Sphinganine-1-phosphate aldolase — In enzymology, a sphinganine 1 phosphate aldolase (EC number|4.1.2.27) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:sphinganine 1 phosphate ightleftharpoons phosphoethanolamine + palmitaldehydeHence, this enzyme has one substrate,… … Wikipedia
glycolipid — /gluy keuh lip id/, n. Biochem. any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine. [1935 40; GLYCO + LIPID] * * * ▪ … Universalium
phytosphingosine — noun dihydrosphingosine … Wiktionary
