Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene CERS2, recombinant expression in HEK-293 cells | Homo sapiens |
Metals/Ions | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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Mg2+ | activates | Homo sapiens |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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dihydrosphingosine + lignoceroyl-CoA | Homo sapiens | - |
N-lignoceroyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
dihydrosphingosine + nervonoyl-CoA | Homo sapiens | - |
N-nervonoyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | Q96G23 | - |
- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
brain | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
U-87MG cell | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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dihydrosphingosine + lignoceroyl-CoA | - |
Homo sapiens | N-lignoceroyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
dihydrosphingosine + lignoceroyl-CoA | low activity | Homo sapiens | N-lignoceroyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
dihydrosphingosine + nervonoyl-CoA | - |
Homo sapiens | N-nervonoyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
dihydrosphingosine + nervonoyl-CoA | highly preferred substrate | Homo sapiens | N-nervonoyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
dihydrosphingosine + palmitoyl-CoA | low activity | Homo sapiens | N-palmitoyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
dihydrosphingosine + stearoyl-CoA | low activity | Homo sapiens | N-stearoyldihydrosphingosine + CoA | - |
? | |
additional information | CERS2 preferentially transfers very long chain fatty acids (C22:0-C26:0) to dihydrosphingosine. Improvement of a fluorescent assay, using HPLC using C16:0, C18:0 and C24:1 fatty acids and commercially available sphinganine-NBD, i.e. 7-nitro-2-1,3-benzoxadiazole-labelled dihydrosphingosine or (2S,3R)-2-amino-18((7-nitrobenzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazol-4-yl)amino)octadecane-1-3-diol, as substrates, very accurate and sensitive method for quantification of CERS activity, method evaluation | Homo sapiens | ? | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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ceramide synthase 2 | - |
Homo sapiens |
CerS2 | - |
Homo sapiens |
Temperature Optimum [°C] | Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
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37 | - |
assay at | Homo sapiens |
pH Optimum Minimum | pH Optimum Maximum | Comment | Organism |
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7.4 | - |
assay at | Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | very long chain ceramides synthesized by CERS2 are essential constituents of myelin. CERS2 demonstrates a preference for the monounsaturated C24:1 fatty acid substrate compared to the saturated C24:0 substrate, potentially explaining why myelin is enriched in ceramides containing the monounsaturated form of very long chain fatty acids | Homo sapiens |