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                                                                Synonyms: 1-β-D-galactosphingosine | 1-β-D-galactosylsphingosine | galactosylsphingosine
                                 
                                                         
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                                        Comment: Psychosine is a cytotoxic sphingolipid that accumulates in cell membranes in the absence of functional lysosomal enzyme, galactosylceramidase (GALC) [1].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Metabolite | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(E,2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-enoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 1-β-D-galactosphingosine | 1-β-D-galactosylsphingosine | galactosylsphingosine | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 2238-90-6 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEBI | CHEBI:16874 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178102190 | 
| LIPID MAPS | LMSP07000001 | 
| PubChem CID | 5280458 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | HHJTWTPUPVQKNA-PIIMIWFASA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | HHJTWTPUPVQKNA | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | HHJTWTPUPVQKNA-PIIMIWFASA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | HHJTWTPUPVQKNA-PIIMIWFASA-N | 
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                                                                           Psychosine (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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