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REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
COMMENTARY
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
a ceramide + H2O = a carboxylate + sphingosine
neutral CDase contains a zinc ion in the active site that functions as a catalytic center, and the hydrolysis of the N-acyl linkage in ceramide proceeds through a mechanism that is similar to that described for zinc-dependent carboxypeptidase, reaction mechanism, overview
ceramidases are classified into three distinct groups, acid (Asah1), neutral (Asah2), and alkaline (Asah3) CDases, based on their primary structure and optimum pH. Acid CDase catabolizes ceramide in lysosomes and is found only in vertebrates. In contrast, the distribution of neutral and alkaline CDases is broad, with both being found in species ranging from lower eukaryotes to mammals; however, only neutral CDase is found in prokaryotes, including some pathogenic bacteria. Neutral CDase is thought to have gained a specific domain (mucin box) in the N-terminal region after the vertebrate split, allowing the enzyme to be stably expressed at the plasmamembrane as a type II membrane protein. Molecular evolution of neutral ceramidase acquiring a mucin box, overview
knockdown of the zebrafish neutral CDase with an antisense morpholino oligonucleotide led to an increase in the number of zebrafish embryos with severe morphological abnormalities, such as defects in blood circulation, which were possibly caused by abnormal heart formation
enzyme structure-function relationship, homology modeling of the enzymes using Pseudomonas CDase as the template, overview. The enzyme contains a signal/anchor sequence and a mucin box
six N-glycosylation sites at amino acid positions 173, 259, 286, 301, 342, and 348, and a single O-glycosylation site at positions 344 present on the beta-subunit are determined in the zebrafish sequence. The alpha-subunit does not have any putative glycosylation site. The recombinant enzyme is glycosylated at the beta-subunit. Deglycosylation by PNGase F
enzyme knockout, via antisense construct using three different antisense morpholino oligonucleotides (AMOs 1, 2, and 3) that are designed based on sequences at different sites of the 5'-untranslated region, leads to an increase in the number of zebrafish embryos with severe morphological qand cellular abnormalities such as abnormal morphogenesis inhead and tail, pericardiac edema, defect of blood cell circulation, and an increase in apoptotic cells, phenotype, overview
DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, overexpression of C-terminally myc-tagged enzyme in CHOP cells and zebrafish BRF41 cells in endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, as well as in plasma membranes
gene asah1b, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, recombinant overexpression of C-terminally His-tagged enzyme in Pichia pastoris strain GS115, method optimization, overview