Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity. Involved in ceramide biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within sphingolipid biosynthetic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in blastocyst; early embryo; genitourinary system; limb mesenchyme; and skin. Orthologous to human CERS6 (ceramide synthase 6).