LASS3 (longevity assurance homologue 3) is a mainly testis-specific (dihydro)ceramide synthase with relatively broad substrate specificity

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-538

  Mizutani, Yukiko ^a   Kihara, Akio ^a   Igarashi, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; IONIZATION; SKIN; YEAST;

CERAMIDE SYNTHASE; DIHYDROSPHINGOSINE; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; LASS3 ISOFORMS;

PROTEINS;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN LONGEVITY ASSURANCE HOMOLOGUE 3; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIHYDROCERAMIDE SYNTHASE; LASS3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE;

MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 33748747214     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20060379     Document Type: Article

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