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SPTLC1

Serine palmitoyltransferase, long chain base subunit 1, also known as SPTLC1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SPTLC1 gene.[1][2]

Serine palmitoyltransferase, which consists of two different subunits, is the initial enzyme in sphingolipid biosynthesis. It converts L-serine and palmitoyl CoA to 3-oxosphinganine with pyridoxal 5′-phosphate as a cofactor. The product of this gene is the long chain base subunit 1 of serine palmitoyltransferase. Mutations in this gene were identified in patients with hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: SPTLC1 serine palmitoyltransferase, long chain base subunit 1”.
  2. Weiss B, Stoffel W (October 1997). “Human and murine serine-palmitoyl-CoA transferase–cloning, expression and characterization of the key enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis”. Eur. J. Biochem. 249 (1): 239–47. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00239.x. PMID 9363775.
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