background:
This gene encodes a bifunctional enzyme that is involved in the biosynthesis of phytosphingolipids in human skin and in other phyt
Function:
Bifunctional enzyme which acts as both a sphingolipid delta(4)-desaturase and a sphingolipid C4-hydroxylase.
Subcellular Location:
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane.
Tissue Specificity:
Highly expressed in skin, intestine and kidney.
Similarity:
Belongs to the fatty acid desaturase family. DEGS subfamily.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 123099 Human
Entrez Gene: 70059 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 314438 Rat
Omim: 610862 Human
SwissProt: Q6QHC5 Human
SwissProt: Q8R2F2 Mouse
SwissProt: Q564G3 Rat
Unigene: 159643 Human
Unigene: 207605 Mouse
Unigene: 166717 Rat
Important Note:
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