| Gene Information | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name | CERS3 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) |
| Gene Length | 383 |
| Protein Names | Ceramide synthase 3 (CerS3) (Dihydroceramide synthase 3) (LAG1 longevity assurance homolog 3) (Sphingosine N-acyltransferase CERS3) (EC 2.3.1.24) (Ultra-long-chain ceramide synthase CERS3) (EC 2.3.1.298) (Very-long-chain ceramide synthase CERS3) (EC 2.3.1.297) |
| Target Name | NA |
| Target Type | NA |
| Gene Age | 950 ( ENSG00000154227 ) |
| Evolutionary Stage | Eukaryota |
| AlphaFoldDB | Q8IU89 |
| Gene Card | CERS3 |
| Uniprot ID | Q8IU89 |
| Pfam | PF00046; PF03798 |
| In ASD | no |
| Allosteric Prediction | no (-0.546056341) |
| Ortholog in Animals | Alpaca_ CERS3 ( ortholog_one2one ) Dog_ CERS3 ( ortholog_one2one ) Macaque_ CERS3 ( ortholog_one2one ) Mouse_ Cers3 ( ortholog_one2one ) Pig_ CERS3 ( ortholog_one2one ) Rat_ Cers3 ( ortholog_one2one ) Rabbit_ CERS3 ( ortholog_one2one ) |
| Ohnologs | CERS4, CERS5, CERS2 |
| Paralogs | CERS2, CERS4, CERS5, CERS6, CERS1 |
| Tissue | esophagus, skin, testis, esophagus.mucosa, lower.leg.skin, suprapubic.skin, vagina |
| Tissue Specificity | Expressed in the epidermis, where it localizes at the interface between the stratum granulosum and the stratum corneum (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23754960}. |
| Pharmacological Animal Models | NA |
| Gene Ontology (biological process) |
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| PDB | NA |
| DBSNP | rs60405735 rs1023783 rs2439928 |
| Subcellular location [CC] | Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q1A3B0}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. |
| Mouse PG classification | NA |
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