Sulfatides are a class of sulfated galactosylceramides synthesized primarily in the oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. Sulfatides are a type of sulfolipid. Sulfatides are thought to play a major role in myelin function and stability, as evidenced by the fact that mice lacking the enzyme necessary to produce sulfatides during myelin sh...
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(from the article `sphingolipid`) ...gangliosides, and ceramide oligosaccharides. Of limited distribution in nature, cerebrosides are most abundant in the myelin sheath surrounding ... Another common class of sphingolipids are sulfate esters of the 3-hydroxy ceramides, known as sulfatides. There is an enzyme that catalyzes the ... [2...
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(sul´fә-tīd) any of a class of cerebroside sulfuric esters.
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