Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity. Involved in ceramide biosynthetic process and cornification. Acts upstream of or within sphingolipid biosynthetic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in epidermis; epidermis granular layer; epidermis spinous layer; face skin; and skin. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 9. Orthologous to human CERS3 (ceramide synthase 3).