| Identification |
| HMDB Protein ID
| CDBP01308 |
| Secondary Accession Numbers
| Not Available |
| Name
| Ceramide kinase |
| Description
| Not Available |
| Synonyms
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- Acylsphingosine kinase
- LK4
- Lipid kinase 4
- hCERK
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| Gene Name
| CERK |
| Protein Type
| Enzyme |
| Biological Properties |
| General Function
| Involved in diacylglycerol kinase activity |
| Specific Function
| Catalyzes specifically the phosphorylation of ceramide to form ceramide 1-phosphate. Acts efficiently on natural and analog ceramides (C6, C8, C16 ceramides, and C8-dihydroceramide), to a lesser extent on C2-ceramide and C6-dihydroceramide, but not on other lipids, such as various sphingosines. Binds phosphoinositides |
| GO Classification
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| Function |
| catalytic activity |
| transferase activity |
| transferase activity, transferring phosphorus-containing groups |
| kinase activity |
| diacylglycerol kinase activity |
| Process |
| activation of protein kinase c activity by g-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway |
| signaling |
| signaling pathway |
| cell surface receptor linked signaling pathway |
| g-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway |
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| Cellular Location
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- Cytoplasm
- Peripheral membrane protein
- Membrane
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| Pathways
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| Name | SMPDB/Pathwhiz | KEGG | | Sphingolipid Metabolism |    |  | | Gaucher Disease |    | Not Available | | Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy |    | Not Available | | Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) |    | Not Available | | Fabry disease |    | Not Available |
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| Gene Properties |
| Chromosome Location
| Chromosome:2 |
| Locus
| 22q13.31 |
| SNPs
| CERK |
| Gene Sequence
|
>1614 bp
ATGGGGGCGACGGGGGCGGCGGAGCCGCTGCAATCCGTGCTGTGGGTGAAGCAGCAGCGC
TGCGCCGTGAGCCTGGAGCCCGCGCGGGCTCTGCTGCGCTGGTGGCGGAGCCCGGGGCCC
GGAGCCGGCGCCCCCGGCGCGGATGCCTGCTCTGTGCCTGTATCTGAGATCATCGCCGTT
GAGGAAACAGACGTTCACGGGAAACATCAAGGCAGTGGAAAATGGCAGAAAATGGAAAAG
CCTTACGCTTTTACAGTTCACTGTGTAAAGAGAGCACGACGGCACCGCTGGAAGTGGGCG
CAGGTGACTTTCTGGTGTCCAGAGGAGCAGCTGTGTCACTTGTGGCTGCAGACCCTGCGG
GAGATGCTGGAGAAGCTGACGTCCAGACCAAAGCATTTACTGGTATTTATCAACCCGTTT
GGAGGAAAAGGACAAGGCAAGCGGATATATGAAAGAAAAGTGGCACCACTGTTCACCTTA
GCCTCCATCACCACTGACATCATCGTTACTGAACATGCTAATCAGGCCAAGGAGACTCTG
TATGAGATTAACATAGACAAATACGACGGCATCGTCTGTGTCGGCGGAGATGGTATGTTC
AGCGAGGTGCTGCACGGTCTGATTGGGAGGACGCAGAGGAGCGCCGGGGTCGACCAGAAC
CACCCCCGGGCTGTGCTGGTCCCCAGTAGCCTCCGGATTGGAATCATTCCCGCAGGGTCA
ACGGACTGCGTGTGTTACTCCACCGTGGGCACCAGCGACGCAGAAACCTCGGCGCTGCAT
ATCGTTGTTGGGGACTCGCTGGCCATGGATGTGTCCTCAGTCCACCACAACAGCACACTC
CTTCGCTACTCCGTGTCCCTGCTGGGCTACGGCTTCTACGGGGACATCATCAAGGACAGT
GAGAAGAAACGGTGGTTGGGTCTTGCCAGATACGACTTTTCAGGTTTAAAGACCTTCCTC
TCCCACCACTGCTATGAAGGGACAGTGTCCTTCCTCCCTGCACAACACACGGTGGGATCT
CCAAGGGATAGGAAGCCCTGCCGGGCAGGATGCTTTGTTTGCAGGCAAAGCAAGCAGCAG
CTGGAGGAGGAGCAGAAGAAAGCACTGTATGGTTTGGAAGCTGCGGAGGACGTGGAGGAG
TGGCAAGTCGTCTGTGGGAAGTTTCTGGCCATCAATGCCACAAACATGTCCTGTGCTTGT
CGCCGGAGCCCCAGGGGCCTCTCCCCGGCTGCCCACTTGGGAGACGGGTCTTCTGACCTC
ATCCTCATCCGGAAATGCTCCAGGTTCAATTTTCTGAGATTTCTCATCAGGCACACCAAC
CAGCAGGACCAGTTTGACTTCACTTTTGTTGAAGTTTATCGCGTCAAGAAATTCCAGTTT
ACGTCGAAGCACATGGAGGATGAGGACAGCGACCTCAAGGAGGGGGGGAAGAAGCGCTTT
GGGCACATTTGCAGCAGCCACCCCTCCTGCTGCTGCACCGTCTCCAACAGCTCCTGGAAC
TGCGATGGGGAGGTCCTGCACAGCCCTGCCATCGAGGTCAGAGTCCACTGCCAGCTGGTT
CGACTCTTTGCACGAGGAATTGAAGAGAATCCGAAGCCAGACTCACACAGCTGA
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| Protein Properties |
| Number of Residues
| 537 |
| Molecular Weight
| 59977.0 |
| Theoretical pI
| 8.24 |
| Pfam Domain Function
|
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| Signals
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Transmembrane Regions
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| Protein Sequence
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>Ceramide kinase
MGATGAAEPLQSVLWVKQQRCAVSLEPARALLRWWRSPGPGAGAPGADACSVPVSEIIAV
EETDVHGKHQGSGKWQKMEKPYAFTVHCVKRARRHRWKWAQVTFWCPEEQLCHLWLQTLR
EMLEKLTSRPKHLLVFINPFGGKGQGKRIYERKVAPLFTLASITTDIIVTEHANQAKETL
YEINIDKYDGIVCVGGDGMFSEVLHGLIGRTQRSAGVDQNHPRAVLVPSSLRIGIIPAGS
TDCVCYSTVGTSDAETSALHIVVGDSLAMDVSSVHHNSTLLRYSVSLLGYGFYGDIIKDS
EKKRWLGLARYDFSGLKTFLSHHCYEGTVSFLPAQHTVGSPRDRKPCRAGCFVCRQSKQQ
LEEEQKKALYGLEAAEDVEEWQVVCGKFLAINATNMSCACRRSPRGLSPAAHLGDGSSDL
ILIRKCSRFNFLRFLIRHTNQQDQFDFTFVEVYRVKKFQFTSKHMEDEDSDLKEGGKKRF
GHICSSHPSCCCTVSNSSWNCDGEVLHSPAIEVRVHCQLVRLFARGIEENPKPDSHS
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| External Links |
| GenBank ID Protein
| Not Available |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID
| Q8TCT0 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name
| CERK1_HUMAN |
| PDB IDs
|
Not Available |
| GenBank Gene ID
| AB079066 |
| GeneCard ID
| CERK |
| GenAtlas ID
| CERK |
| HGNC ID
| HGNC:19256 |
| References |
| General References
| Not Available |