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GO:0042284: sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity (Molecular function)

"Catalysis of the reaction: a dihydroceramide + 2 ferrocytochrome b5 + O2 + 2 H+ -> a sphingosine ceramide (aka (4E)-sphing-4-enine ceramide) + 2 ferricytochrome b5 + 2 H2O." [PMID:12417141, RHEA:46544]


There are 51 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_57 Solanum tuberosum Agria 2.78 % 1e-06 0.000308
Sequences (51) (download table)

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