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glycolipid

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Also known as glucolipid, glycolipids

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Within Vinony's link graph, glycolipid is referenced by 302 other articles, and connects out to lipid, carbohydrate and gangliosides.

It sits within the topics Carbohydrate chemistry and Glycolipids.

Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.

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13 sections
Contents
  • Structure
  • Metabolism
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • Glycoside hydrolases
  • Defects in metabolism
  • Function
  • Cell–cell interactions
  • Immune responses
  • Blood types
  • Types of glycolipids
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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Glycolipids () are lipids with a carbohydrate attached by a glycosidic (covalent) bond. Their role is to maintain the stability of the cell membrane and to facilitate cellular recognition, which is crucial to the immune response and in the connections that allow cells to connect to one another to form tissues. Glycolipids are found on the surface of all eukaryotic cell membranes, where they extend from the phospholipid bilayer into the extracellular environment.

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