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EC 1.14.18.7 Details
EC number
1.14.18.7
Accepted name
dihydroceramide fatty acyl 2-hydroxylase
Reaction
a dihydroceramide + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ = a (2′R)-2′-hydroxydihydroceramide + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
Other name(s)
FAH1 (gene name), FAH2 (gene name), plant sphingolipid fatty acid 2-hydroxylase
Systematic name
dihydroceramide,ferrocytochrome-b5:oxygen oxidoreductase (fatty acyl 2-hydroxylating)
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from plants, catalyses the hydroxylation of carbon 2 of long- or very-long-chain fatty acids attached to sphinganine during de novo ceramide synthesis. The enzyme requires an external cytochrome b5 as the electron donor. The newly introduced 2-hydroxyl group has R-configuration. cf. EC 1.14.18.6, 4-hydroxysphinganine ceramide fatty acyl 2-hydroxylase.
History
created 2015
EC Tree
1.14.99.5 created 1972, modified 1986, modified 2000, deleted 2000
1.14.99.6 created 1972, modified 2000, deleted 2000
1.14.99.8 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.14.99.13 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.14.99.16 created 1972, deleted 2002
1.14.99.17 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.14.99.18 created 1976, modified 1999, deleted 2003
1.14.99.25 created 1986, deleted 2000