Protein Name phytoceramidase
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 852481
Gene Symbol

YPC1

UniProt P38298 (YPC1_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 12
Total Number of Articles : 9
Description

phytoceramidase

Gene Summary

Enables N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity and sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity. Involved in ceramide biosynthetic process and ceramide catabolic process. Located in cortical endoplasmic reticulum. Used to study leukodystrophy. Orthologous to human ACER3 (alkaline ceramidase 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • phytoceramidase
  • YBR183W
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Properties