Psychosine is a highly cytotoxic lipid that accumulates in the nervous system in the absence of galactosylceramidase.[1]

Chemically, it is a galactoside of sphingosine.

References

  1. ^ Hawkins-Salsbury, J. A.; Parameswar, A. R.; Jiang, X; Schlesinger, P. H.; Bongarzone, E; Ory, D. S.; Demchenko, A. V.; Sands, M. S. (2013). "Psychosine, the cytotoxic sphingolipid that accumulates in globoid cell leukodystrophy, alters membrane architecture". The Journal of Lipid Research. 54 (12): 3303–3311. doi:10.1194/jlr.M039610. PMC 3826678. PMID 24006512.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosine
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