Sphingosine kinase 1
BE0004728ProteinHumansSPHK1
Catalyzes the phosphorylation of sphingosine to form sphingosine 1-phosphate (SPP), a lipid mediator with both intra- and extracellular functions. It is acted on by 5 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- SPHK1
- UniProtKB entry
- Q9NYA1Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 384 residues · 42,517 Da
- Also known as
- 2.7.1.91 · Acetyltransferase SPHK1 · SK 1 · SK1 · SPHK
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Sphingosine kinase 1, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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