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Tchem
CERK
Ceramide kinase

Protein Summary
Description
Catalyzes specifically the phosphorylation of ceramide to form ceramide 1-phosphate. Acts efficiently on natural and analog ceramides (C6, C8, C16 ceramides, and C8-dihydroceramide), to a lesser extent on C2-ceramide and C6-dihydroceramide, but not on other lipids, such as various sphingosines. Binds phosphoinositides. CERK converts ceramide to ceramide 1-phosphate (C1P), a sphingolipid metabolite. Both CERK and C1P have been implicated in various cellular processes, including proliferation, apoptosis, phagocytosis, and inflammation (Kim et al., 2006 [PubMed 16488390]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000216264
  • ENSP00000216264
  • ENSG00000100422

Symbol
  • KIAA1646
  • LK4
  • hCERK
  • dA59H18.2
  • dA59H18.3
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
kinase perturbation
0.98
molecular function
0.96
virus perturbation
0.95
transcription factor perturbation
0.91
transcription factor binding site profile
0.74


IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 140.27   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 30   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 293   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 140.27   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 30   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 293   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 7
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 1
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0