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A typical glucosylceramide from fungi. Differently from mammalian GlcCer, fungal GlcCer displays structural peculiarities in their ceramide, such as presence of (E)-Δ8-unsaturation and a methyl group linked to sphingosine (highlighted by red box). Another feature that is particular to fungal GlcCer is the (E)-Δ3-unsaturation and the presence of a hydroxyl group linked to C2 of the fatty acid moiety (highlighted by green box) (Toledo et al., 1999).
