ceramidase activity

id: GO:0017040
name: ceramidase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: N-acylsphingosine + H2O = a fatty acid + sphingosine.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0004336galactosylceramidase activity
GO:0004348glucosylceramidase activity
GO:0017041galactosylgalactosylglucosylceramidase activity
GO:0017042glycosylceramidase activity
GO:0070774phytoceramidase activity
GO:0071633dihydroceramidase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016811hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides