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Facts about Neutral ceramidase.
5. Acts as a key regulator of sphingolipid signaling metabolites by generating sphingosine in the cell surface.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Asah2 |
| Uniprot: | Q9JHE3 |
| Entrez: | 54447 |

| Belongs to: |
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| neutral ceramidase family |

ASAH2 N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (non-lysosomal ceramidase) 2; ASAH2; BCDase; HNAC1; LCDase; Nacylsphingosine Amidohydrolase2; NCDase; N-CDase
Mass (kDA):
83.509 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19|19 C1 |
| Sequence: | 19; |
Widely expressed. Strongly expressed in liver and kidney. Highly expressed in the small intestine along the brush border. Localizes in the apical membranes of proximal and distal tubules, collecting ducts of kidney, endosome-like organelles of hepatocytes, and in the epithelia of the jejunum and ileum.



PMID: 10753931 by Tani M., et al. Molecular cloning of the full-length cDNA encoding mouse neutral ceramidase. A novel but highly conserved gene family of neutral/alkaline ceramidases.
PMID: 10652340 by Tani M., et al. Purification and characterization of a neutral ceramidase from mouse liver. A single protein catalyzes the reversible reaction in which ceramide is both hydrolyzed and synthesized.