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lipid storage disease — Any of a group of relatively rare hereditary disorders of fat metabolism in which enzyme defects cause distinctive types of lipids to accumulate. They include Tay Sachs disease, Gaucher disease, Niemann Pick disease, and Fabry disease. Several… … Universalium
sphingolipid — Any lipid containing a long chain base like that of sphingosine ( e.g., ceramides, cerebrosides, gangliosides, sphingomyelins); a constituent of nerve tissue. * * * sphin·go·lip·id .sfiŋ gō lip əd n any of a group of lipids (as sphingomyelins and … Medical dictionary
Lipid — Structures of some common lipids. At the top are oleic acid[1] and cholesterol.[2] The middle structure is a triglyceride composed of oleoyl, stearoyl, and palmitoyl chains at … Wikipedia
Sphingolipid — Sphingolipids are a class of lipids derived from the aliphatic amino alcohol sphingosine. Sphingolipids are often found in neural tissue, and play an important role in both signal transmission and cell recognition.tructureThe sphingosine backbone … Wikipedia
phospholipid — The major structural lipid of most cellular membranes (except the chloroplast, which has galactolipids). Contain phosphate, usually as a diester. Examples include phosphatidyl phospholipids, plasmalogens and sphingomyelins … Dictionary of molecular biology
sphingolipid — ▪ biochemistry any member of a class of lipids (fat soluble constituents of living cells) containing the organic aliphatic amino alcohol sphingosine or a substance structurally similar to it. Among the most simple sphingolipids are the… … Universalium
phosphorylethanolamine — noun An ethanolamine derivative that is used to construct sphingomyelins … Wiktionary
ceramide — Generic term for a class of sphingolipid, N acyl (fatty acid) derivatives of a long chain base or sphingoid such as sphinganine or sphingosine; e.g., CH3(CH2)12CH=CH CHOH CH(CH2OH) NH CO R … Medical dictionary
cytidine diphosphocholine — An intermediate in the formation of phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) and sphingomyelins; formed by the action of cytidine 5′ triphosphate on phosphocholine, linking the choline phosphate group to the α phosphate of the cytidine 5′ triphosphate to… … Medical dictionary
glycosphingolipid — A ceramide linked to one or more sugars via the terminal OH group; included as glycosphingolipids are cerebrosides, gangliosides, and ceramide oligosaccharides (oligoglycosylceramides). The prefix glyc may be replaced by gluc , galact , lact ,… … Medical dictionary
