FUNCTION: Plasma membrane ceramidase that hydrolyzes sphingolipid ceramides into sphingosine and free fatty acids at neutral pH (PubMed:10781606, PubMed:16229686, PubMed:26190575). Ceramides, sphingosine, and its phosphorylated form sphingosine-1-phosphate are bioactive lipids that mediate cellular ...
FUNCTION: Plasma membrane ceramidase that hydrolyzes sphingolipid ceramides into sphingosine and free fatty acids at neutral pH (PubMed:10781606, PubMed:16229686, PubMed:26190575). Ceramides, sphingosine, and its phosphorylated form sphingosine-1-phosphate are bioactive lipids that mediate cellular signaling pathways regulating several biological processes including cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation (PubMed:15946935, PubMed:19345744, PubMed:24798654). Also catalyzes the reverse reaction allowing the synthesis of ceramides from fatty acids and sphingosine (PubMed:11278489, PubMed:17475390). Together with sphingomyelinase, participates in the production of sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate from the degradation of sphingomyelin, a sphingolipid enriched in the plasma membrane of cells (PubMed:16061940). Also participates in the hydrolysis of ceramides from the extracellular milieu allowing the production of sphingosine-1-phosphate inside and outside cells (By similarity). This is the case for instance with the digestion of dietary sphingolipids in the intestinal tract (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JHE3, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10781606, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11278489, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15946935, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16061940, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16229686, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17475390, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19345744, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24798654, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26190575}.
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GO - Biological processes (BP):
apoptotic process [GO:0006915]; cellular response to cytokine stimulus [GO:0071345]; ceramide biosynthetic process [GO:0046513]; ceramide catabolic process [GO:0046514]; ceramide metabolic process [GO:0006672]; lipid digestion [GO:0044241]; long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process [GO:0042759]; ne...
apoptotic process [GO:0006915]; cellular response to cytokine stimulus [GO:0071345]; ceramide biosynthetic process [GO:0046513]; ceramide catabolic process [GO:0046514]; ceramide metabolic process [GO:0006672]; lipid digestion [GO:0044241]; long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process [GO:0042759]; negative regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway [GO:2001234]; regulation of mitotic cell cycle [GO:0007346]; sphingosine biosynthetic process [GO:0046512]; sphingosine metabolic process [GO:0006670]
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GO - Molecular function (MF):
calcium ion binding [GO:0005509]; ceramidase activity [GO:0102121]; N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity [GO:0017040]; zinc ion binding [GO:0008270]...
calcium ion binding [GO:0005509]; ceramidase activity [GO:0102121]; N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity [GO:0017040]; zinc ion binding [GO:0008270]
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GO - Cellular component (CC):
caveola [GO:0005901]; extracellular exosome [GO:0070062]; extracellular region [GO:0005576]; Golgi apparatus [GO:0005794]; Golgi membrane [GO:0000139]; integral component of plasma membrane [GO:0005887]; mitochondrion [GO:0005739]; plasma membrane [GO:0005886]...
caveola [GO:0005901]; extracellular exosome [GO:0070062]; extracellular region [GO:0005576]; Golgi apparatus [GO:0005794]; Golgi membrane [GO:0000139]; integral component of plasma membrane [GO:0005887]; mitochondrion [GO:0005739]; plasma membrane [GO:0005886]
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