Function
CerN is an enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of the Sphingolipid Ceramide at the N-acyl linkage, producing sphingosine and a fatty acid.[1] [2]
Refs [1], [2] , [3]
Disease
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Relevance
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Structural highlights
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2zxc is a 2 chain structure with sequence from "bacillus_aeruginosus"_(schroeter_1872)_trevisan_1885 "bacillus aeruginosus" (schroeter 1872) trevisan 1885. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Ligands: | 2ED, DMS, FMT, MG, ZN |
| Activity: | Ceramidase, with EC number 3.5.1.23 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Okino N, Tani M, Imayama S, Ito M. Purification and characterization of a novel ceramidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Biol Chem. 1998 Jun 5;273(23):14368-73. PMID:9603946
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inoue T, Okino N, Kakuta Y, Hijikata A, Okano H, Goda HM, Tani M, Sueyoshi N, Kambayashi K, Matsumura H, Kai Y, Ito M. Mechanistic insights into the hydrolysis and synthesis of ceramide by neutral ceramidase. J Biol Chem. 2009 Apr 3;284(14):9566-77. Epub 2008 Dec 16. PMID:19088069 doi:10.1074/jbc.M808232200
- ↑ Kita K, Okino N, Ito M. Reverse hydrolysis reaction of a recombinant alkaline ceramidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2000 May 31;1485(2-3):111-20. doi:, 10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00029-9. PMID:10832092 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00029-9
