LOCUS       AF214454                3404 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 11-JUL-2001
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens alkaline phytoceramidase (APHC) mRNA, complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF214454
VERSION     AF214454.1
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      Homo sapiens (human)
  ORGANISM  Homo sapiens
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
            Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 3404)
  AUTHORS   Mao,C., Xu,R., Szulc,Z.M., Bielawska,A., Galadari,S.H. and
            Obeid,L.M.
  TITLE     Cloning and characterization of a novel human alkaline ceramidase.
            A mammalian enzyme that hydrolyzes phytoceramide
  JOURNAL   J. Biol. Chem. 276 (28), 26577-26588 (2001)
   PUBMED   11356846
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 3404)
  AUTHORS   Mao,C., Xu,R. and Obeid,L.M.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (09-DEC-1999) Medicine, Medical University of SC, 114
            Doughty Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..3404
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000074114"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /chromosome="11"
                     /tissue_type="kidney"
     gene            1..3404
                     /gene="APHC"
                     /note="hAPHC"
     CDS             59..862
                     /gene="APHC"
                     /function="hydrolyzes phytoceramide into phytosphingosine
                     and fatty acid"
                     /note="aPHC; similar to Saccharomyces cerevisiae alkaline
                     ceramidase YPC1p but lacks reverse activity of
                     synthesizing phytoceramide from phytosphingosine and a
                     fatty acid"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="alkaline phytoceramidase"
                     /protein_id="AAK71923.1"
                     /translation="MAPAADREGYWGPTTSTLDWCEENYSVTWYIAEFWNTVSNLIMI
                     IPPMFGAIQSVRDGLEKRYIASYLALTVVGMGSWCFHMTLKYEMQLLDELPMIYSCCI
                     FVYCMFECFKIKNSVNYHLLFTLVLFSLIVTTVYLKVKEPIFHQVMYGMLVFTLVLRS
                     IYIVTWVYPWLRGLGYTSLGIFLLGFLFWNIDNIFCESLRNFRKKVPPIIGITTQFHA
                     WWHILTGLGSYLHILFSLYTRTLYLRYRPKVKFLFGIWPVILFEPLRKH"
BASE COUNT          980 a          690 c          667 g         1065 t
ORIGIN      
        1 tcgccagcct aacccggcac agtgagcgga gcgcctgggc ggcggcggcg gcggcgtgat
       61 ggctccggcc gcggaccgag agggctactg gggccccacg acctccacgc tggactggtg
      121 cgaggagaac tactccgtga cctggtacat cgccgagttc tggaatacag tgagtaacct
      181 gatcatgatt atacctccaa tgttcggtgc aattcagagt gttagagacg gtctggaaaa
      241 acggtacatt gcttcttatt tagcactcac agtggtagga atgggatcct ggtgcttcca
      301 catgactctg aaatatgaaa tgcagctatt ggatgaactc ccaatgatat acagctgttg
      361 catatttgtg tactgcatgt ttgaatgttt caagatcaag aactcagtaa actaccatct
      421 gctttttacc ttagttctat tcagtttaat agtaaccaca gtttacctta aggtaaaaga
      481 gccaatattc catcaggtca tgtatggaat gttggtcttt acattagtac ttcgatctat
      541 ttatattgtt acatgggttt atccatggct tagaggactg ggttatacat cattgggtat
      601 atttttattg ggatttttat tttggaatat agataacata ttttgtgagt cactgaggaa
      661 ctttcgaaag aaggtaccac ctatcatagg tattaccaca caatttcatg catggtggca
      721 tattttaact ggccttggtt cctatcttca catccttttc agtttgtata caagaacact
      781 ttacctgaga tataggccaa aagtgaagtt tctctttgga atctggccag tgatcctgtt
      841 tgagcctctc aggaagcatt gatgaatcat tccaccaaga aaacaaacaa gcacctacca
      901 tagacctggc agaataaata aggaaatcct taaagatcta caagttcaaa tatgtcatga
      961 ccatcacagc agaggagtga ctttctgact aatgctgcca cccacacaga gaataaggag
     1021 tagggcctgc tgggtgttta gctcatggct ttatcttatt tgtccccctc ctcctttcac
     1081 gctccagttt ataaagaaac agagatgatg tgtgtgtatg cctcaaatgc agaaacagtt
     1141 gggcttttct taacaggtta acagtttgtg ctggttataa gaaattaacc ttcttttctt
     1201 tttgccaagg gttgcatgtg aattatacct ttcttaatat ttgattaaat aatgcagtca
     1261 gctaagagcc aacaaaaccc catatccaga tagttagctg tgagccagca ctcagctgtg
     1321 tcagatttga ttaatattgt attaatctca tggatggttc tcaaaggtaa aaaaagagag
     1381 agaaagagag agagctagct gtgggattct gtgtagttct tcactatctg ttccagggct
     1441 agtcggagga tcataagcaa gctcagacct gcccccagtt cagtacttga ccacatccca
     1501 ggatttatgg tgtctgtcta tggccacagc caaccagaat gagtgggtca tcttataacc
     1561 tttctgaagc tccatgagga catgtataga atgctgcacc ttcagccagc tctgctctga
     1621 tctttgcaga tctttaagtt gtcactgttt ctacggctag acaaatatga ctggtggtct
     1681 agactaccca tagttcatcc tcctcacata acttatttga agttgtcagg gaatgtcatt
     1741 acactctgat ttttaaaatt atgcagtatt ttccagttct cagagaggtc atggttgtgc
     1801 ccagggaagt gtgttgcatt aactaaagct aaaattatca gaatcctatt tacataaagc
     1861 atattaaaat atctgctcct taattttctg aaggaaatag atgtaagttt ctgctacttg
     1921 aaacctacag aaccgacaaa aattagggtg ctaaaaaaat gacagtgaaa tctcatcgta
     1981 aggcagctag ttctaatttg catttgaatg tataacaaat tgcatcactt ttcacaaact
     2041 taacacctgc ctggagtaaa aatctgattt gacccctctg ctcatgtttc atcatatttg
     2101 tagctctgca tcatttagca tttttatgac tttttttgct ttatataaat tattgtaaaa
     2161 tccagattgt ttttaccaca tgatgacgtg actcaggatt aaatcctgag ctacagtttc
     2221 aaaaggaaaa tcattttttt cttatgcaaa gatggtaaaa cactgttgtc attttttcca
     2281 gtattcaata agtagccttt gtacaaattt aaaaccaaaa actattctgt tgtttttctt
     2341 cacctactag ccttagtttt taaccaagta tccaaggatg tcaacttgac atccttccct
     2401 tagcatgcca acaagccatt agactgattc ttccaccnac ttttatgaac ctccaggaag
     2461 aaaaacactt gccaaaacat taagagaact ttgattctgc cttaagaggg tataaaacta
     2521 aaccatttga aggcacagcc catnaagact atacttgatt ttgccccaag attctgactt
     2581 ctggctacat ttcacctgca gttacctggg ctatcggccg tgatacattt tttaattcat
     2641 ttgttttcca ccattatatt tttatacttt tcagttagat atacttctgc ataaagagta
     2701 tatatacagt gtaggataaa ggcatatcgt acatggcaat gctgttaaac atggtaagac
     2761 tgaggttctg caggattaaa gtcagattaa gggtacagaa agcacacctt gatactgagg
     2821 ccatttagag caatttgttt aatgagtggt tcagccatca ccaccagtgg ccacctgttc
     2881 aataaaattg cctagcacca cagtggagag tcatctacac cccaaggtga gctgtaagac
     2941 tggccaattc tttgaagacc tttttttctg ttgggagaat ggaaagcaga aagggaagcc
     3001 aggctcttta atgttccaag tcagctgtgc ctcacacaag gctctctttt tagctactaa
     3061 gtaacatact caagactttg tatctgtgca gcattttatg gaaatcactg gtgacctata
     3121 ggatattact aaattatttc aatagcttta tttttttcct acttggattc taggtggaca
     3181 ttacagagtt gaattcctca ctaccccctc ccgctgtcat ttgttttatt ggaaaacttc
     3241 atgttaacta gagtgtacaa aaagtctgtt tcctgctgag ccaatagtga tttgtttgca
     3301 tatcacctaa tgtgaaaagt gctcatctgt gaactctaca gcaaattata ttttagaaaa
     3361 tactttgtga ggccgggcat ggtggcagag cgagactccg tccc
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