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. 2006 Oct 24;4(11):e362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040362

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© 2006 Malinina et al.

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(A) Chemical formula of 8:0 lactosylceramide.

(B) Crystal structure of the 8:0 LacCer-GLTP complex. The GLTP is shown in a gold ribbon representation, and the carbon atoms of the LacCer are shown in a cyan space-filling representation.

(C) Superposition of stick representations of the 8:0 LacCer (carbon atoms colored in cyan) and 18:1 LacCer (carbon atoms colored in lavender) derived from their sphingosine-out and sphingosine-in GLTP complexes, respectively.