| EC |
2.3.1.24 |
| Accepted name: |
sphingosine N-acyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
acyl-CoA + sphingosine = CoA + a ceramide |
| Glossary: |
a ceramide = an N-acylsphingosine |
| Other name(s): |
ceramide synthetase; sphingosine acyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
acyl-CoA:sphingosine N-acyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Acts on sphingosine or its 2-epimer. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37257-09-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Sribney, M. Enzymatic synthesis of ceramide. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 125 (1966) 542–547. [DOI] [PMID: 5973195] |
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