The skin of atopic dermatitis patients contains a novel enzyme, glucosylceramide sphingomyelin deacylase, which cleaves the n-acyl linkage of sphingomyelin and glucosylceramide

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 747-756

  Higuchi, K ^a   Hara, J ^a   Okamoto, R ^a   Kawashima, M ^a   Imokawa, G ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Sphingomyelinase; Sphingosylphospho choline

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRATUM CORNEUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERAMIDE TRIHEXOSIDASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SKIN; SPHINGOSINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034664935     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3500747     Document Type: Article

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