SPTLC2 serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 2 [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: SPTLC2provided by HGNC
Official Full Name: serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 2provided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:11278
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000100596 MIM:605713; AllianceGenome:HGNC:11278
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: LCB2; SPT2; HSN1C; LCB2A; NSAN1C; hLCB2a
Summary: 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]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in esophagus (RPKM 11.7), colon (RPKM 11.4) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 14q24.3

Exon count:: 13

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	14	NC_000014.9 (77505997..77616637, complement)
RS_2024_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	14	NC_060938.1 (71715382..71825999, complement)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	14	NC_000014.8 (77972340..78082980, complement)

Chromosome 14 - NC_000014.9 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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SPTLC2 variants are associated with early-onset ALS and FTD due to aberrant sphingolipid synthesis.
Title: SPTLC2 variants are associated with early-onset ALS and FTD due to aberrant sphingolipid synthesis.
Recurrent de-novo gain-of-function mutation in SPTLC2 confirms dysregulated sphingolipid production to cause juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Title: Recurrent de-novo gain-of-function mutation in SPTLC2 confirms dysregulated sphingolipid production to cause juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Recurrent de novo SPTLC2 variant causes childhood-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by excess sphingolipid synthesis.
Title: Recurrent de novo SPTLC2 variant causes childhood-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by excess sphingolipid synthesis.
Specific Deoxyceramide Species Correlate with Expression of Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel2) in a SPTLC2 Carrier HSAN1 Family.
Title: Specific Deoxyceramide Species Correlate with Expression of Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel2) in a SPTLC2 Carrier HSAN1 Family.
Mutation screening of SPTLC1 and SPTLC2 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Title: Mutation screening of SPTLC1 and SPTLC2 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Rare mutations in ATL3, SPTLC2 and SCN9A explaining hereditary sensory neuropathy and congenital insensitivity to pain in a Brazilian cohort.
Title: Rare mutations in ATL3, SPTLC2 and SCN9A explaining hereditary sensory neuropathy and congenital insensitivity to pain in a Brazilian cohort.
Structural insights into the assembly and substrate selectivity of human SPT-ORMDL3 complex.
Title: Structural insights into the assembly and substrate selectivity of human SPT-ORMDL3 complex.
A Novel Variant (Asn177Asp) in SPTLC2 Causing Hereditary Sensory Autonomic Neuropathy Type 1C.
Title: A Novel Variant (Asn177Asp) in SPTLC2 Causing Hereditary Sensory Autonomic Neuropathy Type 1C.
Increased expression of serine palmitoyl transferase and ORMDL3 polymorphism are associated with eosinophilic inflammation and airflow limitation in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
Title: Increased expression of serine palmitoyl transferase and ORMDL3 polymorphism are associated with eosinophilic inflammation and airflow limitation in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
Elevated levels of atypical deoxysphingolipids, caused by variant SPTLC1 or SPTLC2 or by low serine levels, were risk factors for macular telangiectasia type 2, as well as for peripheral neuropathy.
Title: Serine and Lipid Metabolism in Macular Disease and Peripheral Neuropathy.

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Phenotypes

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Associated conditions

Description	Tests
Neuropathy, hereditary sensory and autonomic, type 1C MedGen: C3150896 OMIM: 613640 GeneReviews: Not available	Compare labs

Variation

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HIV-1 interactions

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Protein interactions

Protein	Gene	Interaction	Pubs
Tat	tat	HIV-1 Tat upregulates serine palmitoyltransferase, long chain base subunit 2 (SPTLC2, SPT2) expression in Jurkat T-cells	PubMed

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

RH70479 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:63240

G35447 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:37899

D14S929 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:24865

GDB:312794 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:30247

D8S2279 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:473907

RH17530 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:28986

SHGC-35537 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:82005

RH11203 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:29316

D14S59 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:41094

G35451 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:51339

A002Y12 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:68757

L17877 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:61334

G35529 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:58781

L17809 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:39087

G35466 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:3016

G35534 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:38601

G36021 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:51433

D14S843 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:37870

SHGC-30760 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:78586

SHGC-132736 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:182779

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables pyridoxal phosphate binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
contributes_to serine C-palmitoyltransferase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables serine C-palmitoyltransferase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in adipose tissue development	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in ceramide biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within ceramide biosynthetic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of lipophagy	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in sphinganine biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within sphingolipid biosynthetic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in sphingolipid biosynthetic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in sphingolipid biosynthetic process	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
involved_in sphingomyelin biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in sphingosine biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in sphingosine biosynthetic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane	NAS Non-traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
located_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info
part_of serine palmitoyltransferase complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
part_of serine palmitoyltransferase complex	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
part_of serine palmitoyltransferase complex	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

General protein information

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Preferred Names: serine palmitoyltransferase 2

Names: LCB 2; SPT 2; long chain base biosynthesis protein 2a; serine palmitoyltransferase, subunit II; serine-palmitoyl-CoA transferase 2

NP_004854.1

EC 2.3.1.50

XP_011535686.1

EC 2.3.1.50

XP_054233063.1

EC 2.3.1.50

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

NG_028282.1 RefSeqGene

Range

5001..115771

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_004863.4 → NP_004854.1 serine palmitoyltransferase 2

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Status: REVIEWED

Source sequence(s)

AB011098, AF111168, BQ338973

Consensus CDS

CCDS9865.1

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

O15270, Q16685

Related

ENSP00000216484.2, ENST00000216484.7

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cl18945
Location:67 → 542

AAT_I; Aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) superfamily (fold type I) of pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes. PLP combines with an alpha-amino acid to form a compound called a Schiff base or aldimine intermediate, which depending on the reaction, is the ...

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

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Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

NC_000014.9 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Range

77505997..77616637 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

XM_011537384.3 → XP_011535686.1 serine palmitoyltransferase 2 isoform X1

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UniProtKB/TrEMBL

H0YJV2

Related

ENSP00000452189.1, ENST00000554901.1

Conserved Domains (2) summary

PLN02483
Location:67 → 435

PLN02483; serine palmitoyltransferase

COG0156
Location:117 → 426

BioF; 7-keto-8-aminopelargonate synthetase or related enzyme [Coenzyme transport and metabolism]