Serine palmitoyltransferase, long chain base subunit 1, also known as SPTLC1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SPTLC1gene.[5][6]
Serine palmitoyltransferase, which consists of two different subunits, is the initial enzyme in sphingolipid biosynthesis. It converts L-serine and palmitoyl CoA to 3-oxosphinganine with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate as a cofactor. The product of this gene is the long chain base subunit 1 of serine palmitoyltransferase. Mutations in this gene were identified in patients with hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[5]
^Weiss B, Stoffel W (October 1997). "Human and murine serine-palmitoyl-CoA transferase--cloning, expression and characterization of the key enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis". Eur. J. Biochem. 249 (1): 239–47. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00239.x. PMID9363775.
Further reading
Weiss B, Stoffel W (1997). "Human and murine serine-palmitoyl-CoA transferase--cloning, expression and characterization of the key enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis". Eur. J. Biochem. 249 (1): 239–47. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00239.x. PMID9363775.
CAMPBELL AM, HOFFMAN HL (1996). "Sensory Radicular Neuropathy Associated with Muscle Wasting in Two Cases". Brain. 87: 67–74. doi:10.1093/brain/87.1.67. PMID14152213.
Verhoeven K, Coen K, De Vriendt E, et al. (2004). "SPTLC1 mutation in twin sisters with hereditary sensory neuropathy type I.". Neurology. 62 (6): 1001–2. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000115388.10828.5c. PMID15037712.
Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, et al. (2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID16189514.