UniProt Summary: Catalyzes specifically the phosphorylation of ceramide to form ceramide 1-phosphate. Acts efficiently on natural and analog ceramides (C6, C8, C16 ceramides, and C8-dihydroceramide), to a lesser extent on C2-ceramide and C6-dihydroceramide, but not on other lipids, such as various sphingosines. Binds phosphoinositides. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19168031}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
DAGK cat
GO Terms
dihydroceramide kinase activity
ceramide kinase activity
NAD+ kinase activity
glycosphingolipid metabolic process
lipid phosphorylation
ceramide metabolic process
glycolipid metabolic process
liposaccharide metabolic process
sphingolipid metabolic process
lipid modification
membrane lipid metabolic process
magnesium ion binding
cellular amide metabolic process
cellular lipid metabolic process
carbohydrate derivative metabolic process
lipid metabolic process
phosphorylation
ATP binding
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)