Rabbit anti-Human ASAH2 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

Q9NR71

Target Species

Human

Target Name

ASAH2

Target Full Name

Neutral ceramidase

Target Function

Plasma membrane ceramidase that hydrolyzes sphingolipid ceramides into sphingosine and free fatty acids at neutral pH. Ceramides, sphingosine, and its phosphorylated form sphingosine-1-phosphate are bioactive lipids that mediate cellular signaling pathways regulating several biological processes including cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation. Also catalyzes the reverse reaction allowing the synthesis of ceramides from fatty acids and sphingosine. Together with sphingomyelinase, participates in the production of sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate from the degradation of sphingomyelin, a sphingolipid enriched in the plasma membrane of cells. Also participates in the hydrolysis of ceramides from the extracellular milieu allowing the production of sphingosine-1-phosphate inside and outside cells. This is the case for instance with the digestion of dietary sphingolipids in the intestinal tract.

Target Subcellular Location

[Neutral ceramidase]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Membrane raft; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Membrane, caveola; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Mitochondrion. Secreted, extracellular exosome.; [Neutral ceramidase soluble form]: Secreted.

Target Protein Families

Neutral ceramidase family

Target Tissue Specificity

Primarily expressed in intestine. Ubiquitously expressed with higher levels in kidney, skeletal muscle and heart. The ubiquitous expression observed for ASAH2 might be an experimental artifact due to the paralog ASAH2B.

Target Research Area

Signal Transduction

Target Synonyms

Acylsphingosine deacylase 2; AI585898; ASAH2; ASAH2_HUMAN; BCDase; hCD; HNAC1; LCDase; MGC129777 ; mitochondrial ceramidase; N acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (non lysosomal ceramidase) 2; N acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2; N CDase; N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 2; N-CDase; NCDase; Neutral ceramidase soluble form; Non lysosomal ceramidase; Non-lysosomal ceramidase

Target Background

Ceramidases (EC 3.5.1.23), such as ASAH2, catalyze hydrolysis of the N-acyl linkage of ceramide, a second messenger in a variety of cellular events, to produce sphingosine. Sphingosine exerts both mitogenic and apoptosis-inducing activities, and its phosphorylated form functions as an intra- and intercellular second messenger (see MIM 603730) (Mitsutake et al., 2001 [PubMed 11328816]).