NCBI Accession #
NP_563944.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_101295.4
NCBI Official Full Name
sphingoid base hydroxylase 2
NCBI Official Symbol
SBH2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
F14L17.5; F14L17_5; SBH2; sphingoid base hydroxylase 2
NCBI Protein Information
sphingoid base hydroxylase 2
NCBI Summary
Encodes one of the two redundant sphingoid base hydroxylases (SBH). Involved in sphingolipid trihydroxy long-chain base (4-hydroxysphinganine) biosynthesis. Double mutants of SBHs were dwarfed and not able to progress from vegetative to reproductive growth.
UniProt Protein Name
Sphinganine C4-monooxygenase 2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Sphingoid C4-hydroxylase 2; Sphingoid base hydroxylase 2
UniProt Entry Name
SBH2_ARATH
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9AST3
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9M9T3
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9AST3
UniProt Comments
Involved in sphingolipid trihydroxy long-chain base (4-hydroxysphinganine) biosynthesis. Can use C18- and C20-sphinganine as substrates to produce C18- and C20-phytosphinganines (D-ribo-2-amino-1,3,4-trihydroxyoctadecane and -eicosane).