ASAH2B
Encyclopedia
Neutral ceramidase B also known as non-lysosomal ceramidase B or N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (non-lysosomal ceramidase) 2B or ASAH2B is a ceramidase
enzyme
which in humans is encoded by the ASAH2B gene
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patients.
Ceramidase
Ceramidase is an enzyme which cleaves fatty acids from ceramide, producing sphingosine which in turn is phosphorylated by a sphingosine kinase to form sphingosine-1-phosphate .- Function :...
enzyme
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
which in humans is encoded by the ASAH2B gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
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Clinical significance
ASAH2B shows reduced expression with increasing age and further reduction in late onset Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
patients.