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Tchem
SPTLC2
Serine palmitoyltransferase 2

Protein Summary
Description
Serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT). The heterodimer formed with LCB1/SPTLC1 constitutes the catalytic core. The composition of the serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) complex determines the substrate preference. The SPTLC1-SPTLC2-SPTSSA complex shows a strong preference for C16-CoA substrate, while the SPTLC1-SPTLC2-SPTSSB complex displays a preference for C18-CoA substrate. This gene encodes a long chain base subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase. Serine palmitoyltransferase, which consists of two different subunits, is the key enzyme in sphingolipid biosynthesis. It catalyzes the pyridoxal-5-prime-phosphate-dependent condensation of L-serine and palmitoyl-CoA to 3-oxosphinganine. Mutations in this gene were identified in patients with hereditary sensory neuropathy type I. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000216484
  • ENSP00000216484
  • ENSG00000100596

Symbol
  • KIAA0526
  • LCB2
  • LCB2
  • SPT2
  • HSN1C
  • LCB2A
  • NSAN1C
  • hLCB2a
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
disease perturbation
1
transcription factor perturbation
0.99
virus perturbation
0.95
microRNA
0.83
transcription factor binding site profile
0.8


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: 93.8   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 19   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 255   (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: 93.8   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 19   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 255   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 8
Tchem

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

Active Ligands: 12
Tclin

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

Active Drug: 0