EC |
2.7.8.3 |
Accepted name: |
ceramide cholinephosphotransferase |
Reaction: |
CDP-choline + a ceramide = CMP + sphingomyelin |
Glossary: |
a ceramide = an N-acylsphingosine |
Other name(s): |
phosphorylcholine-ceramide transferase |
Systematic name: |
CDP-choline:N-acylsphingosine cholinephosphotransferase |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9026-14-6 |
References: |
1. |
Kennedy, E.P. Phosphorylcholine-glyceride transferase. Methods Enzymol. 5 (1962) 484–486. |
2. |
Sribney, M. and Kennedy, E.P. The enzymatic synthesis of sphingomyelin. J. Biol. Chem. 233 (1958) 1315–1322. [PMID: 13610834] |
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[EC 2.7.8.3 created 1965] |
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