ACER2

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ACER2
Identifiers
AliasesACER2, ALKCDase, ASAH3L, alkalina ceramidasa, ALKCDase2, alkaline ceramidase 2
External IDsOMIM: 613492 MGI: 1920932 HomoloGene: 14986 GeneCards: ACER2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001010887

NM_001290541
NM_001290543
NM_139306
NM_028605

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001010887

NP_001277470
NP_001277472
NP_647467

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 19.41 – 19.45 MbChr 4: 86.79 – 86.85 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Alkaline ceramidase 2 also known as ACER2 is a ceramidase enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ACER2 gene.[5]

Function

The ACER2/sphingosine pathway plays an important role in regulating integrin β1 subunit (ITGB1) maturation and cell adhesion mediated by β1 integrins.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000177076 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000038007 - Ensembl, 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. ^ Mao C, Obeid LM (September 2008). "Ceramidases: regulators of cellular responses mediated by ceramide, sphingosine, and sphingosine-1-phosphate". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1781 (9): 424–34. doi:10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.06.002. PMC 2614331. PMID 18619555.
  6. ^ Sun W, Hu W, Xu R, Jin J, Szulc ZM, Zhang G, Galadari SH, Obeid LM, Mao C (February 2009). "Alkaline ceramidase 2 regulates beta1 integrin maturation and cell adhesion". FASEB J. 23 (2): 656–66. doi:10.1096/fj.08-115634. PMC 2630785. PMID 18945876.

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