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ACER1

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ACER1
Identifiers
AliasesACER1, ALKCDase1, ASAH3, alkaline ceramidase 1
External IDsOMIM: 613491; MGI: 2181962; HomoloGene: 15853; GeneCards: ACER1; OMA:ACER1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_133492

NM_175731

RefSeq (protein)

NP_597999

NP_783858

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 6.31 – 6.33 MbChr 17: 57.26 – 57.29 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Alkaline ceramidase 1 also known as ACER1 is a ceramidase enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ACER1 gene.[5]

Function

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ACER1 mediates cellular differentiation by controlling the generation of sphingosine (SPH) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P).[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000167769Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000045019Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b Mao C, Xu R, Szulc ZM, Bielawski J, Becker KP, Bielawska A, Galadari SH, Hu W, Obeid LM (Aug 2003). "Cloning and characterization of a mouse endoplasmic reticulum alkaline ceramidase: an enzyme that preferentially regulates metabolism of very long chain ceramides". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (33): 31184–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.M303875200. PMID 12783875.
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Further reading

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