Ganglioside Written by NCI Thesaurus v.07.09d   

Definition of Ganglioside Sialoglycosphingolipids (synonym: gangliosides) are glycosphingolipids carrying one or more sialic residues. sialic acid is the generic term for N-acetyl- or N-glycoloylneuraminic acid. Gangliosides are named as N-acetyl- (or N-glycoloyl-)neuraminosyl-(X)osylceramide, where (X) stands for the root name of the neutral oligosaccharide to which the sialosyl residue is attached -- found principally in nerve tissue, spleen, and thymus -- GM1 accumulates in generalized gangliosidosis -- GM2 accumulates in Tay-Sachs disease. Ganglioside is from the group Carbohydrate Lipid Other Names for Ganglioside Ganglioside ganglioside Source NCI Thesaurus License

 

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