Modulation of ceramide synthase activity via dimerization

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 21025-21033

  Laviad, Elad L ^a   Kellys, Samuel ^b   Merrill, Alfred H ^b   Futerman, Anthony H ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHAINS;

ACYL CHAIN; ACYLATIONS; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE; CHAIN COMPOSITION; CHAINS LENGTH; CO-EXPRESSION; DIMERIZATIONS; LONG CHAINS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SYNTHESISED;

CERAMIDES;

CERAMIDE SYNTHASE 2; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE 5; HETERODIMER; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84862290911     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.363580     Document Type: Article

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