IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.8.3

Accepted name: ceramide cholinephosphotransferase

Reaction: CDP-choline + an N-acylsphingosine = CMP + a sphingomyelin

Other names: phosphorylcholine-ceramide transferase

Systematic name: CDP-choline:N-acylsphingosine cholinephosphotransferase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9026-14-6

References:

1. Kennedy, E.P. Phosphorylcholine-glyceride transferase. Methods Enzymol. 5 (1962) 484-486.

2. Sribney, M. and Kennedy, E.P. The enzymatic synthesis of sphingomyelin. J. Biol. Chem. 233 (1958) 1315-1322.

[EC 2.7.8.3 created 1965]


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