Characterization of ceramide synthesis. A dihydroceramide desaturase introduces the 4,5-trans-double bond of sphingosine at the level of dihydroceramide

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 272, Issue 36, 1997, Pages 22432-22437

  Michel, Christoph ^a   Van Echten Deckert, Gerhild ^a   Rother, Jürgen ^a,c   Sandhoff, Konrad ^a   Wang, Elaine ^b   Merrill Jr , Alfred H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Langer Acker 47 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; ENZYME; OXYGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPHINGOSINE;

ANIMALIA; SPHINGIODEA;

EID: 0030963660     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.36.22432     Document Type: Article

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