title: Molecular cloning and characterization of the mouse CGT gene encoding UDP-galactose ceramide-galactosyltransferase (cerebroside synthetase).
abstract: UDP-galactose ceramide galactosyltransferase, CGT, EC 2.4.1.45, is the key enzyme in the biosynthesis of cerebrosides and sulfatides, which are the most abundant glycosphingolipids in the myelin of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The cell-specific and highly time-regulated expression of the CGT gene is thought to play an important role in oligodendrocyte and Schwann cell differentiation. Three genomic clones encoding the mouse CGT gene were isolated and characterized. The gene is distributed over >42 kb, and the coding sequence is distributed over five exons ranging from 77 to 822 bp. Putative transcription start sites were determined by primer extension experiments. The CGT gene locus is highly conserved during evolution.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 52, Cologne, D-50931, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Binczek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stoffel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005700:Galactosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D051147:Ganglioside Galactosyltransferase; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D005700:Galactosyltransferases; C511211:UGT8 protein, human; C511214:Ugt8a protein, mouse; D051147:Ganglioside Galactosyltransferase