Glycolipid Analysis
Aileen Zaydel
Classifying glycolipids
• 535 total glycolipids out of 6800
– 34 glycoglycerolipids (contain glycerol)
– 5 glycosphingolipids (cerobrosides and
gangliosides)
– 0 GPI anchors
• What are the remaining 496 glycolipid
containing entries?
Cytochrome-related
• Cytochromes are, in general, membrane-bound
hemoproteins that contain heme groups and carry
out electron transport.
• 63 entries which contain glycolipid ligands
3R1B
CD1 lipid antigen
• CD1 (cluster of
differentiation 1) is a
family of glycoproteins
expressed on the
surface of various
human antigenpresenting cells. They
are related to the class
I MHC molecules, and
are involved in the
presentation of lipid
antigens to T cells.
• 31 entries
3QUX
Cyclooxygenase-related
• Cyclooxygenase
is an enzyme
performs the
first step in the
creation of
prostaglandins
from a common
fatty acid
• 39 entries
2OYU