Primary Identifier | MGI:1920932 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 4 | NCBI Gene Number | 230379 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Enables dihydroceramidase activity. Involved in sphingosine biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus. Predicted to be active in Golgi membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including heart; hemolymphoid system; liver; lung; and stomach. Orthologous to human ACER2 (alkaline ceramidase 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit a reduction of sphingoid bases and their phosphates in whole blood, plasma, erythrocytes, and platelets. [provided by MGI curators] |