Gene

ugcg

ID

ZDB-GENE-030131-9885

Name

UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase

Symbol

ugcg Nomenclature History

Previous Names

cb539 (1)
GlcT (1)
sb:cb539
zgc:112506

Type

protein_coding_gene

Location

Chr: 10 Mapping Details/Browsers

Description

Exhibits ceramide glucosyltransferase activity. Involved in glycosphingolipid metabolic process. Predicted to localize to membrane. Is expressed in notochord; primary neurons; trigeminal placode; and yolk syncytial layer. Orthologous to human UGCG (UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase).

Genome Resources

Note

None

Comparative Information

Expression

All Expression Data

4 figures from Thisse et al., 2001

Cross-Species Comparison

High Throughput Data

Expression Atlas

UO scRNA-seq (UCSC browser)

Single Cell Expression Atlas

Thisse Expression Data

cb539 (5 images)

Wild Type Expression Summary

Phenotype

All Phenotype Data: No data available
Cross-Species Comparison: Alliance

Phenotype Summary

Mutations

Mutants

Sequence Targeting Reagents

Human Disease

Associated With ugcg Human Ortholog

No data available

Associated With ugcg Via Experimental Models

No data available

Gene Ontology

Protein Domains

Domain, Family, and Site Summary

Type	InterPro ID	Name
Family	IPR025993	Ceramide glucosyltransferase
Homologous_superfamily	IPR029044	Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases

Domain Details Per Protein

Protein	Length	Ceramide glucosyltransferase	Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases
UniProtKB:Q501W7 InterPro	393

Transcripts

Genome Browsers

Type	Name	Annotation Method	Has Havana Data	Length (nt)	Analysis
mRNA	ugcg-201 (1) Ensembl	Ensembl		3,003 nt	Select Tool

Interactions and Pathways

No data available

Antibodies

No data available

Plasmids

No data available

Constructs

Marker Relationships

Sequences

Orthology

Comparative Orthology: Alliance
Gene Tree: Ensembl

Citations