Ceramide synthase 6

CERS6
Identifiers
Aliases	CERS6, CERS5, LASS6, ceramide synthase 6
External IDs	OMIM: 615336; MGI: 2442564; GeneCards: CERS6
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	1X2M
Enzyme activity
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (human)
End	168,775,134 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (mouse)
End	68,944,626 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	hair follicle; ; corpus epididymis; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; decidua; ; jejunal mucosa; ; ganglionic eminence; ; orbitofrontal cortex; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; epithelium of bronchus; ; bronchial epithelial cell;
	Top expressed in
	zygote; ; gastrula; ; secondary oocyte; ; epithelium of small intestine; ; granulocyte; ; decidua; ; Gonadal ridge; ; transitional epithelium of urinary bladder; ; primary oocyte; ; ileum;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	DNA binding; sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; protein binding;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; nuclear membrane; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; membrane; nucleus; endoplasmic reticulum;
Biological process	lipid metabolism; sphingolipid biosynthetic process; ceramide biosynthetic process; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	253782
	241447
	ENSG00000172292
	ENSMUSG00000027035
	Q6ZMG9
	Q8C172
	NM_001256126; NM_203463
	NM_172856; NM_001347161
	NP_001243055; NP_982288
	NP_001334090; NP_766444
	Wikidata
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Ceramide synthase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CERS6 gene.

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000172292 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027035 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Entrez Gene: Ceramide synthase 6". Retrieved 2016-04-11.

Ceramide synthase 6

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