"Ceramidases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Amidohydrolases that are specific for the cleavage of the N-acyl linkage of CERAMIDES. Ceramidases are classified as acidic, neutral or basic according to the optimal pH with which they function.
| Descriptor ID |
D055572
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Ceramidases- Ceramidases
- Ceramidase
- N-Acylsphingosine Amidohydrolase
- Amidohydrolase, N-Acylsphingosine
- N Acylsphingosine Amidohydrolase
- Acylsphingosine Deacylase
- Deacylase, Acylsphingosine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ceramidases" by people in Profiles.
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Yuan C, Rao RP, Jesmin N, Bamba T, Nagashima K, Pascual A, Preat T, Fukusaki E, Acharya U, Acharya JK. CDase is a pan-ceramidase in Drosophila. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 Jan 01; 22(1):33-43.
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Acharya JK, Dasgupta U, Rawat SS, Yuan C, Sanxaridis PD, Yonamine I, Karim P, Nagashima K, Brodsky MH, Tsunoda S, Acharya U. Cell-nonautonomous function of ceramidase in photoreceptor homeostasis. Neuron. 2008 Jan 10; 57(1):69-79.
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Acharya U, Mowen MB, Nagashima K, Acharya JK. Ceramidase expression facilitates membrane turnover and endocytosis of rhodopsin in photoreceptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Feb 17; 101(7):1922-6.
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Acharya U, Patel S, Koundakjian E, Nagashima K, Han X, Acharya JK. Modulating sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway rescues photoreceptor degeneration. Science. 2003 Mar 14; 299(5613):1740-3.