Sphingosine cholinephosphotransferase
| sphingosine cholinephosphotransferase | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| EC number | 2.7.8.10 | ||||||
| CAS number | 9027-12-7 | ||||||
| Databases | |||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / EGO | ||||||
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In enzymology, a sphingosine cholinephosphotransferase (EC 2.7.8.10) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- CDP-choline + sphingosine
CMP + sphingosyl-phosphocholine
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are CDP-choline and sphingosine, whereas its two products are CMP and sphingosyl-phosphocholine.
This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring non-standard substituted phosphate groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is CDP-choline:sphingosine cholinephosphotransferase. Other names in common use include CDP-choline-sphingosine cholinephosphotransferase, phosphorylcholine-sphingosine transferase, cytidine diphosphocholine-sphingosine cholinephosphotransferase, and sphingosine choline phosphotransferase. This enzyme participates in sphingolipid metabolism.
References
- Fujino Y, Negishi T, Ito S (1968). "Enzymic synthesis of sphingosylphosphorylcholine". Biochem. J. 109 (2): 310–1. PMC 1186790. PMID 5679375. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1186790.