Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables phytoceramidase activity. Involved in ceramide catabolic process; inflammatory response; and sphingosine biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in Golgi membrane and endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Is expressed in hair; integumental system; vibrissa; and vibrissa follicle. Orthologous to human ACER3 (alkaline ceramidase 3).