ACER2

Alkaline ceramidase 2 also known as ACER2 is a ceramidase enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ACER2 gene.[5]

ACER2
Identifiers
AliasesACER2, ALKCDase2, ASAH3L, alkaline ceramidase 2
External IDsOMIM: 613492 MGI: 1920932 HomoloGene: 14986 GeneCards: ACER2
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 9 (human)[1]
Band9p22.1Start19,409,009 bp[1]
End19,452,505 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

340485

230379

Ensembl

ENSG00000177076

ENSMUSG00000038007

UniProt

Q5QJU3

Q8VD53

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001010887

NM_001290541
NM_001290543
NM_139306

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001010887

NP_001277470
NP_001277472
NP_647467

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 19.41 – 19.45 MbChr 4: 86.87 – 86.93 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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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. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000177076 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 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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