Term Information

Accession
GO:0042284
Name
sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
delta-4 sphingolipid desaturase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: a dihydroceramide + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ -> a sphingosine ceramide (aka (4E)-sphing-4-enine ceramide) + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O. Source: RHEA:46544, PMID:12417141
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042284 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity (GO:0042284)
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sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water (GO:0016717)

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EC
1.14.19.17
Reactome
R-HSA-428259
RHEA
46544