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Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1

Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1 (SMPD1), also known as acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMPD1 gene.

Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1 belongs to the sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase family.[1]

Clinical significance

Clinical significance

Defects in SMPD1 gene cause Niemann-Pick disease, SMPD1-associated.[1]

A L302P mutation in the SMPD1 gene as a risk factor for Parkinson disease.[2]

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: SMPD1 sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1, acid lysosomal (acid sphingomyelinase)”.
  2. Gan-Or Z, Ozelius LJ, Bar-Shira A, Saunders-Pullman R, Mirelman A, Kornreich R, Gana-Weisz M, Raymond D, Rozenkrantz L, Deik A, Gurevich T, Gross SJ, Schreiber-Agus N, Giladi N, Bressman SB, Orr-Urtreger A (April 2013). “The p.L302P mutation in the lysosomal enzyme gene SMPD1 is a risk factor for Parkinson disease”. Neurology. 80 (17): 1606–10. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e31828f180e. PMC 3662322. PMID 23535491.
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