ID ACER1_MOUSE Reviewed; 273 AA. AC Q8R4X1; A1L3S2; DT 25-JUL-2006, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-JUN-2002, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 134. DE RecName: Full=Alkaline ceramidase 1 {ECO:0000305}; DE Short=AlkCDase 1; DE Short=Alkaline CDase 1; DE Short=maCER1; DE EC=3.5.1.- {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; DE EC=3.5.1.23 {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27126290, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29056331}; DE AltName: Full=Acylsphingosine deacylase 3; DE AltName: Full=N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 3; GN Name=Acer1 {ECO:0000312|MGI:MGI:2181962}; Synonyms=Asah3; OS Mus musculus (Mouse). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; OC Murinae; Mus; Mus. OX NCBI_TaxID=10090; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], FUNCTION, CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, SUBSTRATE RP SPECIFICITY, PATHWAY, ACTIVITY REGULATION, BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, RP SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, AND TISSUE SPECIFICITY. RX PubMed=12783875; DOI=10.1074/jbc.m303875200; RA Mao C., Xu R., Szulc Z.M., Bielawski J., Becker K.P., Bielawska A., RA Galadari S.H., Hu W., Obeid L.M.; RT "Cloning and characterization of a mouse endoplasmic reticulum alkaline RT ceramidase: an enzyme that preferentially regulates metabolism of very long RT chain ceramides."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 278:31184-31191(2003). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC STRAIN=C57BL/6J; TISSUE=Skin, and Tongue; RX PubMed=16141072; DOI=10.1126/science.1112014; RA Carninci P., Kasukawa T., Katayama S., Gough J., Frith M.C., Maeda N., RA Oyama R., Ravasi T., Lenhard B., Wells C., Kodzius R., Shimokawa K., RA Bajic V.B., Brenner S.E., Batalov S., Forrest A.R., Zavolan M., Davis M.J., RA Wilming L.G., Aidinis V., Allen J.E., Ambesi-Impiombato A., Apweiler R., RA Aturaliya R.N., Bailey T.L., Bansal M., Baxter L., Beisel K.W., Bersano T., RA Bono H., Chalk A.M., Chiu K.P., Choudhary V., Christoffels A., RA Clutterbuck D.R., Crowe M.L., Dalla E., Dalrymple B.P., de Bono B., RA Della Gatta G., di Bernardo D., Down T., Engstrom P., Fagiolini M., RA Faulkner G., Fletcher C.F., Fukushima T., Furuno M., Futaki S., RA Gariboldi M., Georgii-Hemming P., Gingeras T.R., Gojobori T., Green R.E., RA Gustincich S., Harbers M., Hayashi Y., Hensch T.K., Hirokawa N., Hill D., RA Huminiecki L., Iacono M., Ikeo K., Iwama A., Ishikawa T., Jakt M., RA Kanapin A., Katoh M., Kawasawa Y., Kelso J., Kitamura H., Kitano H., RA Kollias G., Krishnan S.P., Kruger A., Kummerfeld S.K., Kurochkin I.V., RA Lareau L.F., Lazarevic D., Lipovich L., Liu J., Liuni S., McWilliam S., RA Madan Babu M., Madera M., Marchionni L., Matsuda H., Matsuzawa S., Miki H., RA Mignone F., Miyake S., Morris K., Mottagui-Tabar S., Mulder N., Nakano N., RA Nakauchi H., Ng P., Nilsson R., Nishiguchi S., Nishikawa S., Nori F., RA Ohara O., Okazaki Y., Orlando V., Pang K.C., Pavan W.J., Pavesi G., RA Pesole G., Petrovsky N., Piazza S., Reed J., Reid J.F., Ring B.Z., RA Ringwald M., Rost B., Ruan Y., Salzberg S.L., Sandelin A., Schneider C., RA Schoenbach C., Sekiguchi K., Semple C.A., Seno S., Sessa L., Sheng Y., RA Shibata Y., Shimada H., Shimada K., Silva D., Sinclair B., Sperling S., RA Stupka E., Sugiura K., Sultana R., Takenaka Y., Taki K., Tammoja K., RA Tan S.L., Tang S., Taylor M.S., Tegner J., Teichmann S.A., Ueda H.R., RA van Nimwegen E., Verardo R., Wei C.L., Yagi K., Yamanishi H., RA Zabarovsky E., Zhu S., Zimmer A., Hide W., Bult C., Grimmond S.M., RA Teasdale R.D., Liu E.T., Brusic V., Quackenbush J., Wahlestedt C., RA Mattick J.S., Hume D.A., Kai C., Sasaki D., Tomaru Y., Fukuda S., RA Kanamori-Katayama M., Suzuki M., Aoki J., Arakawa T., Iida J., Imamura K., RA Itoh M., Kato T., Kawaji H., Kawagashira N., Kawashima T., Kojima M., RA Kondo S., Konno H., Nakano K., Ninomiya N., Nishio T., Okada M., Plessy C., RA Shibata K., Shiraki T., Suzuki S., Tagami M., Waki K., Watahiki A., RA Okamura-Oho Y., Suzuki H., Kawai J., Hayashizaki Y.; RT "The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome."; RL Science 309:1559-1563(2005). RN [3] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RX PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504; RG The MGC Project Team; RT "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: RT the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."; RL Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004). RN [4] RP FUNCTION, CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, PATHWAY, TISSUE SPECIFICITY, AND DISRUPTION RP PHENOTYPE. RX PubMed=27126290; DOI=10.1002/path.4737; RA Liakath-Ali K., Vancollie V.E., Lelliott C.J., Speak A.O., Lafont D., RA Protheroe H.J., Ingvorsen C., Galli A., Green A., Gleeson D., Ryder E., RA Glover L., Vizcay-Barrena G., Karp N.A., Arends M.J., Brenn T., Spiegel S., RA Adams D.J., Watt F.M., van der Weyden L.; RT "Alkaline ceramidase 1 is essential for mammalian skin homeostasis and RT regulating whole-body energy expenditure."; RL J. Pathol. 239:374-383(2016). RN [5] RP FUNCTION, CATALYTIC ACTIVITY, TISSUE SPECIFICITY, AND DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE. RX PubMed=29056331; DOI=10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.09.015; RA Lin C.L., Xu R., Yi J.K., Li F., Chen J., Jones E.C., Slutsky J.B., RA Huang L., Rigas B., Cao J., Zhong X., Snider A.J., Obeid L.M., Hannun Y.A., RA Mao C.; RT "Alkaline Ceramidase 1 Protects Mice from Premature Hair Loss by RT Maintaining the Homeostasis of Hair Follicle Stem Cells."; RL Stem Cell Reports 9:1488-1500(2017). CC -!- FUNCTION: Endoplasmic reticulum ceramidase that catalyzes the CC hydrolysis of ceramides into sphingosine and free fatty acids at CC alkaline pH (PubMed:12783875). Ceramides, sphingosine, and its CC phosphorylated form sphingosine-1-phosphate are bioactive lipids that CC mediate cellular signaling pathways regulating several biological CC processes including cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation CC (PubMed:12783875). Exhibits a strong substrate specificity towards the CC natural stereoisomer of ceramides with D-erythro-sphingosine as a CC backbone and has a higher activity towards very long-chain unsaturated CC fatty acids like the C24:1-ceramide (PubMed:12783875). May also CC hydrolyze dihydroceramides to produce dihydrosphingosine (By CC similarity). ACER1 is a skin-specific ceramidase that regulates the CC levels of ceramides, sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate in the CC epidermis, mediates the calcium-induced differentiation of epidermal CC keratinocytes and more generally plays an important role in skin CC homeostasis (PubMed:27126290, PubMed:29056331). CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:27126290, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29056331, CC ECO:0000303|PubMed:12783875}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=an N-acylsphing-4-enine + H2O = a fatty acid + sphing-4-enine; CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20856, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:28868, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:52639, ChEBI:CHEBI:57756; EC=3.5.1.23; CC Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27126290}; CC PhysiologicalDirection=left-to-right; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20857; CC Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:27126290}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=H2O + N-tetracosanoyl-sphing-4-enine = sphing-4-enine + CC tetracosanoate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41283, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:31014, ChEBI:CHEBI:57756, ChEBI:CHEBI:72965; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; CC PhysiologicalDirection=left-to-right; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41284; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=an N-acylsphinganine + H2O = a fatty acid + sphinganine; CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:33551, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:28868, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:31488, ChEBI:CHEBI:57817; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; CC PhysiologicalDirection=left-to-right; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:33552; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=H2O + N-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sphing-4-enine = (9Z)-octadecenoate CC + sphing-4-enine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41299, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:30823, ChEBI:CHEBI:57756, ChEBI:CHEBI:77996; CC Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:29056331}; CC PhysiologicalDirection=left-to-right; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41300; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=H2O + N-(15Z-tetracosenoyl)-sphing-4-enine = (15Z)- CC tetracosenoate + sphing-4-enine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41267, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:32392, ChEBI:CHEBI:57756, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:74450; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:29056331}; CC PhysiologicalDirection=left-to-right; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41268; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8TDN7}; CC -!- COFACTOR: CC Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7}; CC -!- ACTIVITY REGULATION: Inhibited by sphingosine (PubMed:12783875). CC Inhibited by Mn(2+), Zn(2+), and Cu(2+) in a dose-dependent manner CC (PubMed:12783875). Slightly activated by Ca(2+) in a dose-dependent CC manner (PubMed:12783875). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875}. CC -!- BIOPHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES: CC pH dependence: CC Optimum pH is 8.0. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875}; CC -!- PATHWAY: Lipid metabolism; sphingolipid metabolism. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27126290}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875}; Multi-pass membrane protein CC {ECO:0000255}. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in skin. Weakly or not expressed CC in other tissues (PubMed:12783875). Expressed by granular layer of CC interfollicular epidermis, sebaceous glands and infundibulum CC (PubMed:29056331). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12783875, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:29056331}. CC -!- DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE: Homozygous knockout mice are viable and fertile, CC with a normal lifespan but display several postnatal skin phenotypes CC (PubMed:27126290, PubMed:29056331). It includes an increase in total CC ceramide levels in the dorsal skin, tail epidermis and dermis CC (PubMed:27126290, PubMed:29056331). This is associated with hair shafts CC and sebaceous glands abnormalities, cyclic alopecia, a progressive loss CC of hair follicle stem cells, hyperproliferation, inflammation and CC abnormal differentiation of the epidermis and results in increased CC transepidermal water loss and reduction of fat content during aging CC (PubMed:27126290, PubMed:29056331). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27126290, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:29056331}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the alkaline ceramidase family. {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AF347023; AAL83821.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AK028901; BAC26186.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AK075884; BAC36029.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; BC130254; AAI30255.1; -; mRNA. DR CCDS; CCDS28919.1; -. DR RefSeq; NP_783858.1; NM_175731.4. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q8R4X1; -. DR SMR; Q8R4X1; -. DR STRING; 10090.ENSMUSP00000062037; -. DR SwissLipids; SLP:000000676; -. DR PaxDb; 10090-ENSMUSP00000062037; -. DR ProteomicsDB; 285537; -. DR Antibodypedia; 49939; 162 antibodies from 24 providers. DR DNASU; 171168; -. DR Ensembl; ENSMUST00000056113.5; ENSMUSP00000062037.5; ENSMUSG00000045019.5. DR GeneID; 171168; -. DR KEGG; mmu:171168; -. DR UCSC; uc008ddl.1; mouse. DR AGR; MGI:2181962; -. DR CTD; 125981; -. DR MGI; MGI:2181962; Acer1. DR VEuPathDB; HostDB:ENSMUSG00000045019; -. DR eggNOG; KOG2329; Eukaryota. DR GeneTree; ENSGT00730000110920; -. DR HOGENOM; CLU_088280_1_0_1; -. DR InParanoid; Q8R4X1; -. DR OMA; NYKHSEH; -. DR OrthoDB; 2910516at2759; -. DR PhylomeDB; Q8R4X1; -. DR TreeFam; TF313019; -. DR BRENDA; 3.5.1.23; 3474. DR Reactome; R-MMU-428157; Sphingolipid metabolism. DR UniPathway; UPA00222; -. DR BioGRID-ORCS; 171168; 2 hits in 80 CRISPR screens. DR ChiTaRS; Acer1; mouse. DR PRO; PR:Q8R4X1; -. DR Proteomes; UP000000589; Chromosome 17. DR RNAct; Q8R4X1; Protein. DR Bgee; ENSMUSG00000045019; Expressed in skin of external ear and 35 other cell types or tissues. DR GO; GO:0005783; C:endoplasmic reticulum; IDA:MGI. DR GO; GO:0005789; C:endoplasmic reticulum membrane; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0102121; F:ceramidase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-EC. DR GO; GO:0071633; F:dihydroceramidase activity; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0046872; F:metal ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0017040; F:N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0030154; P:cell differentiation; ISO:MGI. DR GO; GO:0071277; P:cellular response to calcium ion; ISO:MGI. DR GO; GO:0046514; P:ceramide catabolic process; IDA:MGI. DR GO; GO:0030216; P:keratinocyte differentiation; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0019216; P:regulation of lipid metabolic process; IDA:MGI. DR GO; GO:0010446; P:response to alkaline pH; ISO:MGI. DR GO; GO:0048733; P:sebaceous gland development; IMP:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0030148; P:sphingolipid biosynthetic process; ISO:MGI. DR GO; GO:0006665; P:sphingolipid metabolic process; IDA:MGI. DR GO; GO:0046512; P:sphingosine biosynthetic process; IMP:UniProtKB. DR InterPro; IPR008901; ACER. DR PANTHER; PTHR46139; ALKALINE CERAMIDASE; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR46139:SF2; ALKALINE CERAMIDASE 1; 1. DR Pfam; PF05875; Ceramidase; 1. DR Genevisible; Q8R4X1; MM. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Calcium; Endoplasmic reticulum; Hydrolase; Lipid metabolism; Membrane; KW Metal-binding; Reference proteome; Sphingolipid metabolism; Transmembrane; KW Transmembrane helix; Zinc. FT CHAIN 1..273 FT /note="Alkaline ceramidase 1" FT /id="PRO_0000247746" FT TOPO_DOM 1..36 FT /note="Lumenal" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 37..57 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 58..72 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 73..93 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 94..114 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 115..126 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 127..147 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 148..149 FT /note="Lumenal" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 150..167 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 168..177 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 178..198 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 199..215 FT /note="Lumenal" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 216..236 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 237..273 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT BINDING 22 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 23 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 25 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 27 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 36 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 86 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 215 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" FT BINDING 219 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NUN7" SQ SEQUENCE 273 AA; 32082 MW; 0B84D015D7870219 CRC64; MHVPGTRAKM SSIFAYQSSE VDWCESNFQH SELVAEFYNT FSNVFFLIFG PLMMFLMHPY AQKRTRCFYG VSVLFMLIGL FSMYFHMTLS FLGQLLDEIS ILWLLASGYS VWLPRCYFPK FVKGNRFYFS CLVTITTIIS TFLTFVKPTV NAYALNSIAI HILYIVRTEY KKIRDDDLRH LIAVSVVLWA AALTSWISDR VLCSFWQRIH FYYLHSIWHV LISITFPYGI VTMALVDAKY EMPDKTLKVH YWPRDSWVIG LPYVEIQEND KNC //