Protein Name delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 70059
Gene Symbol

Degs2

UniProt Q8R2F2 (DEGS2_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 9
Total Number of Articles : 7
Description

delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2

Gene Summary

Enables sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity. Acts upstream of or within sphinganine metabolic process and sphingolipid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is expressed in stomach. Orthologous to human DEGS2 (delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • sphingolipid delta(4)-desaturase/C4-monooxygenase DES2
  • degenerative spermatocyte homolog 2, lipid desaturase
  • sphingolipid 4-desaturase
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Properties