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Lactosylceramide

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The structure of lactosylceramide. The Lactosylceramides, also known as LacCer, are a class of glycosphingolipids composed of a variable hydrophobic ceramide lipid and a hydrophilic sugar moiety. Lactosylceramides are found in microdomains on the plasma layers of numerous cells. Moreover, they are a type of ceramide including lactose, which is an example of a globoside. As with many lipids, the chemical formula and molecular weight varies depending on the fatty-acid present. As one example, the chemical formula of Lactosylceramide (d18:1/12:0) is…

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