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delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 2

Summary

Gene Symbol

DEGS2

Aliases

DES2
FADS8
dihydroceramide desaturase 2
sphingolipid delta(4)-desaturase 2

Organism

Homo sapiens (human)

External Links

NCBI Gene

123099

HGNC

20113

KEGG Gene ID

hsa:123099

PubChem

123099

Alliance of Genome Resources

HGNC:20113

Annotation

Keyword

Endoplasmic reticulum
Lipid biosynthesis
Myristate
Oxidoreductase
Reference proteome
Transmembrane helix

Proteins

Displaying 1 entry
UniProt	Protein Name
Q6QHC5	Degenerative spermatocyte homolog 2 Sphingolipid 4-desaturase Sphingolipid C4-monooxygenase

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
ceramide biosynthetic process	IBA
sphinganine metabolic process	IBA
sphingolipid biosynthetic process

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

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingoid metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

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

ceramide biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

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

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

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingoid metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

primary metabolic process [inference]

lipid metabolic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

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

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingoid metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

small molecule metabolic process [inference]

alcohol metabolic process [inference]

polyol metabolic process [inference]

diol metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

lipid metabolic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

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

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingoid metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

sphingolipid metabolic process [inference]

ceramide metabolic process [inference]

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingoid metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

organic hydroxy compound metabolic process [inference]

alcohol metabolic process [inference]

polyol metabolic process [inference]

diol metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic 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

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

ceramide biosynthetic process

sphingoid metabolic process [inference]

sphinganine metabolic process

membrane lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

sphingolipid biosynthetic process

ceramide biosynthetic process

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
endoplasmic reticulum membrane

GO Hierarchy

cellular component

cellular anatomical entity [inference]

membrane [inference]

organelle membrane [inference]

endoplasmic reticulum membrane

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
sphingolipid C4-monooxygenase activity	IEA
sphingosine hydroxylase activity
sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity	IBA

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

oxidoreductase activity [inference]

sphingosine hydroxylase activity

monooxygenase activity [inference]

oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen [inference]

sphingolipid C4-monooxygenase activity

oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen [inference]

oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen [inference]

sphingolipid C4-monooxygenase activity

oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water [inference]

sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

KEGG BRITE Database

Orthology

K04712

Name

sphingolipid 4-desaturase/C4-monooxygenase [EC:1.14.19.17 1.14.18.5]

References

11937514

Rhea

H⁺ + O₂ + an N-acylsphinganine

H₂O + an N-acyl-(4R)-4-hydroxysphinganine

Enzyme

1.14.18.5

PMID

H⁺ + O₂ + an N-acylsphinganine

H₂O + an N-acylsphing-4-enine

Enzyme

1.14.19.17

PMID

a dihydroceramide + H⁺ + O₂

a phytoceramide + H₂O

Enzyme

1.14.18.5

PMID

Disease

Disease Ontology

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DO ID	Disease Name	Source
DOID:0080199	colorectal carcinoma	DisGeNET
DOID:1289	neurodegenerative disease	Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:150	disease of mental health	DisGeNET
DOID:1837	diabetic ketoacidosis	DisGeNET
DOID:2468	psychotic disorder	DisGeNET
DOID:526	human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease	DisGeNET
DOID:5419	schizophrenia	DisGeNET
DOID:5672	large intestine cancer	DisGeNET
DOID:635	acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	DisGeNET
DOID:9256	colorectal cancer	DisGeNET

LIPID MAPS Gene / Proteome Database

LMPD ID: LMP006635
Gene Name: delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 2

Ortholog

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Species	Gene ID	Alliance of Genome Resources	Orthologous MAtrix
Caenorhabditis elegans	173327	WB:WBGene00013197
Caenorhabditis elegans	177548	WB:WBGene00017996
Drosophila melanogaster	33836	FB:FBgn0001941
Ciona intestinalis	100178733		CIOIN08988
Callorhinchus milii	103175334		CALMI07555
Latimeria chalumnae	102355762		LATCH10438
Latimeria chalumnae	102358925		LATCH17475
Danio rerio	402799	ZFIN:ZDB-GENE-080228-1	DANRE12988
Astyanax mexicanus	103039355		ASTMX18459
Ictalurus punctatus	100528134		ICTPU35283

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