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Category:GO:0052631 ! sphingolipid delta-8 desaturase activity
name: sphingolipid delta-8 desaturase activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the formation of a double bond between C8 and C9 of the long chain base of a sphingolipid. For example, sphinganine (d18:0) = 8-sphingenine (d18:1delta8); phytosphinganine (t18:0) = 8-phytosphingenine (t18:1delta8); and 4-sphingenine (18:1delta4) = 4,8-sphingadienine (d18:2delta4,8)." [PMID:17600137, PMID:9786850]
xref: MetaCyc:RXN-7798
xref: RHEA:46268
is_a: GO:0016705 ! oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen
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<GOterm>GO:0052631</GOterm>
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