DEGS2
Sign in to saveAlso known as C14orf66, DES2, FADS8, delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 2, delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2
Delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEGS2 gene.
Gene data
DEGS2- Name
- delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 100,143,957–100,159,688 (−)
- Aliases
- C14orf66, DES2, FADS8
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000168350
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_206918.3, XM_006720043.4, XM_054375428.1
- RefSeq protein
- NP_996801.2, XP_006720106.1, XP_054231403.1
This gene encodes a bifunctional enzyme that is involved in the biosynthesis of phytosphingolipids in human skin and in other phytosphingolipid-containing tissues. This enzyme can act as a sphingolipid delta(4)-desaturase, and also as a sphingolipid C4-hydroxylase. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2
- Symbol
- DEGS2
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 14:100,143,957-100,159,688
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 23617
- genomic start
- 100612756
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/123099
- genomic end
- 100159645
- chromosome
- human chromosome 14
- cytogenetic location
- 14q32.2
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Function
- References
- Further reading
Delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEGS2 gene.
== Function ==
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