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| Name       = sphinganine-1-phosphate aldolase
| EC_number  = 4.1.2.27
| CAS_number = 39391-27-0
| GO_code    = 0008117
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The [[enzyme]] '''sphinganine-1-phosphate aldolase''' ({{EnzExplorer|4.1.2.27}}) [[catalysis|catalyzes]] the [[chemical reaction]]

:sphinganine 1-phosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> phosphoethanolamine + palmitaldehyde

This enzyme belongs to the family of [[lyase]]s, specifically the aldehyde-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds.  The [[List of enzymes|systematic name]] of this enzyme class is '''sphinganine-1-phosphate palmitaldehyde-lyase (phosphoethanolamine-forming)'''. Other names in common use include '''dihydrosphingosine 1-phosphate aldolase''', '''sphinganine-1-phosphate alkanal-lyase''', '''sphinganine-1-phosphate lyase''', and '''sphinganine-1-phosphate palmitaldehyde-lyase'''.  This enzyme participates in [[sphingolipid metabolism]].  It employs one [[cofactor (biochemistry)|cofactor]], [[pyridoxal phosphate]].

==References==
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* {{cite journal | vauthors = Stoffel W, LeKim D, Sticht G | date = 1969 | title = Distribution and properties of dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate aldolase (sphinganine-1-phosphate alkanal-lyase) | journal = Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem.  | volume = 350 | pages = 1233&ndash;41  | pmid = 5389296 | issue = 10 | doi = 10.1515/bchm2.1969.350.2.1233 }}

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[[Category:EC 4.1.2]]
[[Category:Pyridoxal phosphate enzymes]]
[[Category:Enzymes of unknown structure]]


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