CERK
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: CERK
- Official Name: ceramide kinase
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 64781
- UniProt: Q8TCT0
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- 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}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 8839
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 5.98