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ceramide synthase 6

Summary

Gene Symbol

CERS6

Organism

Odobenus rosmarus divergens (Pacific walrus)

External Links

NCBI Gene: 101373517
KEGG Gene ID: oro:101373517
PubChem: 101373517

Annotation

Keyword

DNA-binding
Endoplasmic reticulum
Homeobox
Lipid biosynthesis
Nucleus
Reference proteome
Transferase
Transmembrane helix

Proteins

Displaying **all 2** entries
UniProt	Protein Name
A0A2U3VPL3
A0A2U3VPB1

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
ceramide biosynthetic process	IEA	22301074 30032202

GO Hierarchy

biological process

metabolic process [inference]

nitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

amide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular lipid metabolic process [inference]

membrane lipid metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

primary metabolic process [inference]

lipid metabolic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular lipid metabolic process [inference]

membrane lipid metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

lipid metabolic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular lipid metabolic process [inference]

membrane lipid metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular process [inference]

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

amide biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

cellular lipid metabolic process [inference]

membrane lipid metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
membrane	IEA	22301074

GO Hierarchy

cellular component

cellular anatomical entity [inference]

membrane

Displaying **all 2** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
DNA binding	IEA	22301074
sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity	IEA	22301074 30032202

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

transferase activity [inference]

acyltransferase activity [inference]

acyltransferase activity, transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups [inference]

N-acyltransferase activity [inference]

sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity

binding [inference]

organic cyclic compound binding [inference]

nucleic acid binding [inference]

DNA binding

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

KEGG BRITE Database

Orthology

K23727

Name

sphingoid base N-palmitoyltransferase [EC:2.3.1.291]

References

15823095

International Collaboration

GlyCosmos is a member of the GlySpace Alliance together with GlyGen and Glycomics@ExPASy.

Acknowledgements

Supported by JST NBDC Grant Number JPMJND2204

Partly supported by NIH Common Fund Grant #1U01GM125267-01

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Last updated: April 6, 2026

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