GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0042284 - sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity

Term summary

ID

GO:0042284

Name

sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity

Ontology or CV name

GO molecular function

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: an N-acylsphinganine + 2 Fe(II)-[cytochrome b5] + O2 + 2 H+ = an N-acylsphing-4-enine + 2 Fe(III)-[cytochrome b5] + 2 H2O.

Parents

• is_a oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of molecular oxygen to two molecules of water

Annotation