Galactosylceramidase
Galactosylceramidase (or galactocerebrosidase) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALC gene.[1][2] Galactosylceramidase is an enzyme which removes galactose from ceramide derivatives (galactocerebrosides).
Galactosylceramidase is a lysosomal protein which hydrolyzes the galactose ester bonds of galactocerebroside, galactosylsphingosine, lactosylceramide, and monogalactosyldiglyceride.[1] Mutations in this gene have been associated with Krabbe disease, also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy.[1]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Entrez Gene: galactosylceramidase”.
- ↑ Lee WC, Tsoi YK, Troendle FJ, et al. (August 2007). “Single-dose intracerebroventricular administration of galactocerebrosidase improves survival in a mouse model of globoid cell leukodystrophy”. FASEB J. 21 (10): 2520–7. doi:10.1096/fj.06-6169com. PMID 17403939.
Further reading
Further reading
- Lee WC, Kang D, Causevic E, et al. (2010). “Molecular characterization of mutations that cause globoid cell leukodystrophy and pharmacological rescue using small molecule chemical chaperones”. J. Neurosci. 30 (16): 5489–97. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6383-09.2010. PMC 3278277. PMID 20410102.
- Wenger DA, Rafi MA, Luzi P (1997). “Molecular genetics of Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy): diagnostic and clinical implications”. Hum. Mutat. 10 (4): 268–79. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)10:4<268::AID-HUMU2>3.0.CO;2-D. PMID 9338580.
- De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Sartorato EL, et al. (1996). “Molecular heterogeneity of late-onset forms of globoid-cell leukodystrophy”. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 59 (6): 1233–42. PMC 1914878. PMID 8940268.
- Tappino B, Biancheri R, Mort M, et al. (2010). “Identification and characterization of 15 novel GALC gene mutations causing Krabbe disease”. Hum. Mutat. 31 (12): E1894–914. doi:10.1002/humu.21367. PMC 3052420. PMID 20886637.
- Formichi P, Radi E, Battisti C, et al. (2007). “Psychosine-induced apoptosis and cytokine activation in immune peripheral cells of Krabbe patients”. J. Cell. Physiol. 212 (3): 737–43. doi:10.1002/jcp.21070. PMID 17458901.
- Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). “Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes”. Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
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- Wenger DA, Rafi MA, Luzi P, et al. (2000). “Krabbe disease: genetic aspects and progress toward therapy”. Mol. Genet. Metab. 70 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1006/mgme.2000.2990. PMID 10833326.
- Lissens W, Arena A, Seneca S, et al. (2007). “A single mutation in the GALC gene is responsible for the majority of late onset Krabbe disease patients in the Catania (Sicily, Italy) region”. Hum. Mutat. 28 (7): 742. doi:10.1002/humu.9500. PMID 17579360.
- Beier UH; Görögh T (2005). “Implications of galactocerebrosidase and galactosylcerebroside metabolism in cancer cells”. Int. J. Cancer. 115 (1): 6–10. doi:10.1002/ijc.20851. PMID 15657896.
- Xu C, Sakai N, Taniike M, et al. (2006). “Six novel mutations detected in the GALC gene in 17 Japanese patients with Krabbe disease, and new genotype-phenotype correlation”. J. Hum. Genet. 51 (6): 548–54. doi:10.1007/s10038-006-0396-3. PMID 16607461.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). “The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)”. Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Sartorato E, et al. (1999). “Molecular basis of late-life globoid cell leukodystrophy”. Hum. Mutat. 14 (3): 256–62. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1999)14:3<256::AID-HUMU9>3.0.CO;2-6. PMID 10477434.
- Furuya H, Kukita Y, Nagano S, et al. (1997). “Adult onset globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease): analysis of galactosylceramidase cDNA from four Japanese patients”. Hum. Genet. 100 (3–4): 450–6. doi:10.1007/s004390050532. PMID 9272171.
- Fu L, Inui K, Nishigaki T, et al. (1999). “Molecular heterogeneity of Krabbe disease”. J. Inherit. Metab. Dis. 22 (2): 155–62. doi:10.1023/A:1005449919660. PMID 10234611.
- Sakai N, Fukushima H, Inui K, et al. (1998). “Human galactocerebrosidase gene: promoter analysis of the 5′-flanking region and structural organization”. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1395 (1): 62–7. doi:10.1016/S0167-4781(97)00140-1. PMID 9434153.
- Harzer K, Knoblich R, Rolfs A, et al. (2002). “Residual galactosylsphingosine (psychosine) beta-galactosidase activities and associated GALC mutations in late and very late onset Krabbe disease”. Clin. Chim. Acta. 317 (1–2): 77–84. doi:10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00791-4. PMID 11814461.
- Flachsbart F, Franke A, Kleindorp R, et al. (2010). “Investigation of genetic susceptibility factors for human longevity – a targeted nonsynonymous SNP study”. Mutat. Res. 694 (1–2): 13–9. doi:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2010.08.006. PMID 20800603.
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External links
External links
- GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Krabbe disease
- OMIM entries on Krabbe disease
- Galactosylceramidase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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