Mammalian ceramide synthases
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Michal Levy; Anthony H. Futerman
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract In mammals, ceramide, a key intermediate in sphingolipid metabolism and an important signaling molecule, is synthesized by a family of six ceramide synthases (CerS), each of which synthesizes ceramides with distinct acyl chain lengths. There are a number of common biochemical features b