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ACER1
Identifiers
Aliases	ACER1, ALKCDase1, ASAH3, alkaline ceramidase 1
External IDs	OMIM: 613491; MGI: 2181962; HomoloGene: 15853; GeneCards: ACER1; OMA:ACER1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	6,333,612 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (mouse)
End	57,289,126 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	skin of leg; ; skin of abdomen; ; skin of thigh; ; vulva; ; human penis; ; nipple; ; oral cavity; ; vagina; ; lymph node; ; ectocervix;
	Top expressed in
	skin of external ear; ; lip; ; condyle; ; skin of back; ; epithelium of stomach; ; left colon; ; epidermis; ; skin of abdomen; ; Paneth cell; ; hair follicle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	dihydroceramidase activity; hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides; hydrolase activity; N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity; ceramidase activity; metal ion binding;
Cellular component	membrane; integral component of membrane; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; endoplasmic reticulum;
Biological process	cellular response to calcium ion; regulation of lipid metabolic process; cell differentiation; sphingosine biosynthetic process; sphingolipid biosynthetic process; response to alkaline pH; keratinocyte differentiation; ceramide metabolic process; epidermis development; lipid metabolism; ceramide catabolic process; sphingolipid metabolic process; regulation of water loss via skin; sebaceous gland development;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	125981
	171168
	ENSG00000167769
	ENSMUSG00000045019
	Q8TDN7
	Q8R4X1
	NM_133492
	NM_175731
	NP_597999
	NP_783858
	Wikidata
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Alkaline ceramidase 1 also known as ACER1 is a ceramidase enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ACER1 gene.^[5]

Function

ACER1 mediates cellular differentiation by controlling the generation of sphingosine (SPH) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P).^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000167769 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000045019 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ ^a ^b Mao C, Xu R, Szulc ZM, Bielawski J, Becker KP, Bielawska A, Galadari SH, Hu W, Obeid LM (Aug 2003). "Cloning and characterization of a mouse endoplasmic reticulum alkaline ceramidase: an enzyme that preferentially regulates metabolism of very long chain ceramides". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (33): 31184–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.M303875200. PMID 12783875.

External links

Human ACER1 genome location and ACER1 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.

Sun W, Xu R, Hu W, Jin J, Crellin HA, Bielawski J, Szulc ZM, Thiers BH, Obeid LM, Mao C (Feb 2008). "Upregulation of the human alkaline ceramidase 1 and acid ceramidase mediates calcium-induced differentiation of epidermal keratinocytes". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 128 (2): 389–97. doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701025. PMID 17713573.
Toulza E, Mattiuzzo NR, Galliano MF, Jonca N, Dossat C, Jacob D, de Daruvar A, Wincker P, Serre G, Guerrin M (2007). "Large-scale identification of human genes implicated in epidermal barrier function". Genome Biology. 8 (6): R107. doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r107. PMC 2394760. PMID 17562024.
Ito M, Okino N, Tani M, Mitsutake S, Mori K (Mar 2002). "[Molecular evolution of neutral ceramidase: signalling molecule and virulence factor]". Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso. Protein, Nucleic Acid, Enzyme. 47 (4 Suppl): 455–62. PMID 11915342.
Houben E, Holleran WM, Yaginuma T, Mao C, Obeid LM, Rogiers V, Takagi Y, Elias PM, Uchida Y (May 2006). "Differentiation-associated expression of ceramidase isoforms in cultured keratinocytes and epidermis". Journal of Lipid Research. 47 (5): 1063–70. doi:10.1194/jlr.M600001-JLR200. PMID 16477081.