ASAH2 hydrolyzes ceramide (plasma membrane)

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R-HSA-1606583
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Reaction [transition]
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Homo sapiens
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Neutral ceramidase (ASAH2) is an enzyme localised to the plasma membrane that catalyses the hydrolysis of ceramide to sphingosine and free fatty acid (Hwang et al. 2005, Galadari et al. 2006).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
16229686 Identification of a novel amidase motif in neutral ceramidase

Mao, C, Roddy, P, Hannun, YA, Wu, BX, Galadari, S, El Bawab, S

Biochem J 2006
15845354 Subcellular localization of human neutral ceramidase expressed in HEK293 cells

Okino, N, Nakagawa, T, Ito, M, Tani, M, Hwang, YH

Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005
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N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity of ASAH2-like proteins [plasma membrane]

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