Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase activity. Involved in sebaceous gland development and sphingosine biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within ceramide catabolic process and regulation of lipid metabolic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Orthologous to human ACER1 (alkaline ceramidase 1).