ASAH1

ASAH1
Identifiers
Aliases ASAH1, AC, ACDase, ASAH, PHP, PHP32, SMAPME, N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (acid ceramidase) 1, N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 1
External IDs MGI: 1277124 HomoloGene: 10504 GeneCards: ASAH1
RNA expression pattern


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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

427

11886

Ensembl

ENSG00000104763

ENSMUSG00000031591

UniProt

Q13510

Q9WV54

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001127505
NM_004315
NM_177924

NM_019734

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001120977.1
NP_004306.3
NP_808592.2

NP_062708.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 8: 18.06 – 18.08 Mb Chr 8: 41.34 – 41.37 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Acid ceramidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ASAH1 gene.[3][4][5]

This gene encodes a heterodimeric protein consisting of a nonglycosylated alpha subunit and a glycosylated beta subunit that is cleaved to the mature enzyme posttranslationally. The encoded protein catalyzes the synthesis and degradation of ceramide into sphingosine and fatty acid. Mutations in this gene have been associated with a lysosomal storage disorder known as Farber disease and, recently, with a rare neurodegenerative condition known as spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy.[6] Two transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene.[5] In melanocytic cells ASAH1 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[7]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Koch J, Gartner S, Li CM, Quintern LE, Bernardo K, Levran O, Schnabel D, Desnick RJ, Schuchman EH, Sandhoff K (Jan 1997). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a full-length complementary DNA encoding human acid ceramidase. Identification Of the first molecular lesion causing Farber disease". J Biol Chem. 271 (51): 33110–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.51.33110. PMID 8955159.
  4. Li CM, Park JH, He X, Levy B, Chen F, Arai K, Adler DA, Disteche CM, Koch J, Sandhoff K, Schuchman EH (Feb 2000). "The human acid ceramidase gene (ASAH): structure, chromosomal location, mutation analysis, and expression". Genomics. 62 (2): 223–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5940. PMID 10610716.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: ASAH1 N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (acid ceramidase) 1".
  6. Zhou, J.; Tawk, M.; Tiziano, F. D.; Veillet, J.; Bayes, M.; Nolent, F.; Garcia, V.; Servidei, S.; Bertini, E.; Castro-Giner, F.; Renda, Y.; Carpentier, S. P.; Andrieu-Abadie, N.; Gut, I.; Levade, T.; Topaloglu, H.; Melki, J. (2012). "Spinal Muscular Atrophy Associated with Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy is Caused by Mutations in ASAH1". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 91 (1): 5–14. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.05.001. PMC 3397266Freely accessible. PMID 22703880.
  7. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971.

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