CERS3

ceramide synthase 3

Summary

This gene is a member of the ceramide synthase family of genes. The ceramide synthase enzymes regulate sphingolipid synthesis by catalyzing the formation of ceramides from sphingoid base and acyl-coA substrates. This family member is involved in the synthesis of ceramides with ultra-long-chain acyl moieties (ULC-Cers), important to the epidermis in its role in creating a protective barrier from the environment. The protein encoded by this gene has also been implicated in modification of the lipid structures required for spermatogenesis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with male fertility defects, and epidermal defects, including ichthyosis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

Known Variants84 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs102378215:100,942,843G/T—benign
rs20160237715:100,942,927A/G—likely benign
rs37643780715:100,942,950G/A—uncertain significance
rs11542035115:100,942,952C/T—benign
rs243992815:100,942,962T/C—benign
rs13789953515:100,942,968C/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs14584986115:100,943,043C/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs11610167415:100,943,044G/A—benign
rs102378315:100,943,045T/C—benign
rs254901922715:100,943,047A/T—uncertain significance
rs254901934815:100,943,071C/T—uncertain significance
rs254901960415:100,943,155G/T—uncertain significance
rs54798968915:100,989,218A/G——
rs1259284115:100,995,866A/T—benign
rs1205065515:100,995,925A/G—benign
rs1259520715:100,996,038C/T—benign
rs125616495015:100,996,182G/T—likely pathogenic
rs13994686115:100,996,194G/A—benign
rs76273415615:100,996,202A/G—uncertain significance
rs14963795315:100,996,212G/A—likely benign
rs11406553915:100,996,216T/C—benign
rs201494015:100,996,395G/A—benign
rs1290659215:101,009,249C/T—benign
rs196604515:101,009,318C/T—benign
rs1259247815:101,009,381A/G—benign
rs3410824215:101,009,474A/T—benign
rs1290973215:101,009,530G/A—benign
rs7404145215:101,009,572G/C—benign
rs203488852215:101,009,599T/A—uncertain significance
rs14679240715:101,009,624G/A—likely benign
rs20092519815:101,009,643G/T—likely benign
rs37468524715:101,009,669A/G—likely benign
rs7347203915:101,012,926G/T—benign
rs156677515:101,013,123G/A—benign
rs156764403015:101,013,136C/T—pathogenic
rs11652182415:101,013,153G/A—benign
rs11541159215:101,013,158C/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs75223025315:101,013,181C/T—pathogenic
rs75804695115:101,013,182G/T—uncertain significance
rs11555188015:101,013,230G/A—benign
rs106479532815:101,013,233G/A—uncertain significance
rs254911639715:101,013,235T/A—uncertain significance
rs6203899115:101,016,091G/A—benign
rs19392102015:101,016,284C/A—uncertain significance
rs58777699615:101,016,290C/A—pathogenic
rs37281436715:101,016,343A/G—uncertain significance
rs254911980415:101,016,360C/T—pathogenic
rs117867609615:101,016,370G/A—uncertain significance
rs265457415:101,019,529C/T—benign
rs76355984015:101,019,690G/A—likely benign
rs20000546115:101,019,693G/A—benign
rs1243747415:101,019,793C/A—benign
rs258776315:101,019,819G/T—benign
rs265457315:101,019,864C/G—benign
rs265457215:101,020,039C/T—benign
rs804073715:101,020,065G/C—benign
rs258776415:101,020,129T/A—benign
rs214226621615:101,020,192A/C—likely pathogenic
rs37288413415:101,020,207G/A—uncertain significance
rs265463915:101,023,554G/Cintron variant—
rs265463315:101,024,450C/T—benign
rs1046819115:101,024,681G/A—benign
rs141950816215:101,024,764T/C—uncertain significance
rs56532159515:101,024,831G/C—uncertain significance
rs11559259615:101,024,835C/T—benign
rs20102546215:101,024,873T/G—uncertain significance
rs265462915:101,030,739G/A—benign
rs74791178415:101,031,087G/A—likely pathogenic
rs14813920715:101,031,132C/T—likely benign
rs150347915:101,031,217C/T—benign
rs184732315:101,031,442G/A—benign
rs57696998315:101,038,100A/C——
rs258777815:101,041,746T/C—benign
rs254914474615:101,041,873A/G—likely benign
rs19988009015:101,041,894C/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs135433215:101,041,896C/T—benign
rs6040573515:101,041,921T/C—benign
rs20039119715:101,041,934C/T—likely benign
rs214232981215:101,041,937A/G—uncertain significance
rs14628910215:101,041,964G/C—likely benign
rs76267910215:101,042,012A/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs20040774515:101,042,029A/G—uncertain significance
rs7708945915:101,042,043T/C—benign
rs8033202315:101,073,444C/Tintron variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.