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ceramide synthase 4

Summary

Gene Symbol

CERS4

Organism

Equus przewalskii (Przewalski's horse)

External Links

NCBI Gene: 103543133
KEGG Gene ID: epz:103543133
PubChem: 103543133

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.

OrthoDB (Group)

Group level

Eukaryota

Group Name

ceramide synthase

Functional Category

K: Transcription
O: Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
T: Signal transduction mechanisms

Displaying **all 5** entries
Gene Ontology
ceramide biosynthetic process
lipid metabolic process
sphingolipid metabolic process
sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity
transferase activity

Displaying **all 4** entries
InterPro
Homeobox domain
Homeobox-like domain superfamily
Sphingosine N-acyltransferase Lag1/Lac1-like
TRAM/LAG1/CLN8 homology domain

KEGG BRITE Database

Orthology

K24621

Name

very-long-chain ceramide synthase [EC:2.3.1.297]

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: December 8, 2025

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