ACER2
Alkaline ceramidase 2 also known as ACER2 is a ceramidase enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ACER2 gene.[1]
Function
The ACER2/sphingosine pathway plays an important role in regulating integrin β1 subunit (ITGB1) maturation and cell adhesion mediated by β1 integrins.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Xu R, Jin J, Hu W et al. (2006). "Golgi alkaline ceramidase regulates cell proliferation and survival by controlling levels of sphingosine and S1P.". FASEB J. 20 (11): 1813–25. doi:10.1096/fj.05-5689com. PMID 16940153.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH et al. (2002). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Humphray SJ, Oliver K, Hunt AR et al. (2004). "DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9.". Nature 429 (6990): 369–74. doi:10.1038/nature02465. PMC 2734081. PMID 15164053.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- Wan D, Gong Y, Qin W et al. (2004). "Large-scale cDNA transfection screening for genes related to cancer development and progression.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (44): 15724–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0404089101. PMC 524842. PMID 15498874.
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