Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Mus musculus | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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GD2/GM2 synthase | - |
Mus musculus |
GM3 synthase | - |
Mus musculus |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | in animals lacking either GM2/GD2 or GM3 synthase, tissue cholesterol concentrations and synthesis rates are normal in nearly all organs, and whole-animal sterol pools and turnover also are not different from control animals. Mice lacking both synthases, however, have small elevations in cholesterol concentrations in several organs, and the whole-animal cholesterol pool is marginally elevated. When either the GM2/GD2 or GM3 synthase activity is deleted in mice lacking Niemann-Pick type C function, the clinical phenotype is not changed, but lifespan is shortened. | Mus musculus |