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Dihydroceramide desaturase (DEGS1)

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Cofactors used

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Sphingolipid Synthesis Lipid Metabolism · ER + Golgi

step 4 Irreversible/directional

Dihydroceramide -> ceramide

Converts Dihydroceramide into Ceramide

Notes

Ceramide is the hub metabolite of all complex sphingolipids and a pro-apoptotic signal.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

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No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.

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