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PMID:14685263
| Citation |
Huitema, K, van den Dikkenberg, J, Brouwers, JF and Holthuis, JC (2004) Identification of a family of animal sphingomyelin synthases. EMBO J. 23:33-44 |
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| Abstract |
Sphingomyelin (SM) is a major component of animal plasma membranes. Its production involves the transfer of phosphocholine from phosphatidylcholine onto ceramide, yielding diacylglycerol as a side product. This reaction is catalysed by SM synthase, an enzyme whose biological potential can be judged from the roles of diacylglycerol and ceramide as anti- and proapoptotic stimuli, respectively. SM synthesis occurs in the lumen of the Golgi as well as on the cell surface. As no gene for SM synthase has been cloned so far, it is unclear whether different enzymes are present at these locations. Using a functional cloning strategy in yeast, we identified a novel family of integral membrane proteins exhibiting all enzymatic features previously attributed to animal SM synthase. Strikingly, human, mouse and Caenorhabditis elegans genomes each contain at least two different SM synthase (SMS) genes. Whereas human SMS1 is localised to the Golgi, SMS2 resides primarily at the plasma membrane. Collectively, these findings open up important new avenues for studying sphingolipid function in animals. |
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PubMed PMC1271672 Online version:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600034 |
| Keywords |
Amino Acid Motifs; Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acid Substitution; Animals; Binding Sites; Cell Membrane/chemistry; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Cloning, Molecular; Computational Biology; Consensus Sequence; Conserved Sequence; Databases, Factual; Golgi Apparatus/chemistry; Golgi Apparatus/metabolism; HeLa Cells; Humans; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Models, Biological; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Sphingomyelins/biosynthesis; Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)/chemistry; Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)/genetics; Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)/metabolism |
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