CERK
Sign in to saveAlso known as LK4, dA59H18.2, dA59H18.3, hCERK, ceramide kinase
protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene data
CERK- Name
- ceramide kinase
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 46,684,409–46,738,319 (−)
- Aliases
- LK4, dA59H18.2, dA59H18.3, hCERK
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000100422
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_022766.6, NM_182661.1
- RefSeq protein
- NP_073603.2
CERK converts ceramide to ceramide 1-phosphate (C1P), a sphingolipid metabolite. Both CERK and C1P have been implicated in various cellular processes, including proliferation, apoptosis, phagocytosis, and inflammation (Kim et al., 2006 [PubMed 16488390]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
ceramide kinase
- Symbol
- CERK
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 22:46,684,409-46,738,319
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
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via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 11247
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/64781
- genomic end
- 46738252
- genomic start
- 46684410
- chromosome
- human chromosome 22
- cytogenetic location
- 22q13.31
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