DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating SMPD2 and Niemann-Pick disease

SMPD2 [ENSP00000258052]

Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 2; Converts sphingomyelin to ceramide. Hydrolyze 1-acyl-2-lyso- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lyso-PC) and 1-O-alkyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero- 3-phosphocholine (lyso-platelet-activating factor). The physiological substrate seems to be Lyso-PAF; Belongs to the neutral sphingomyelinase family.

Synonyms:  SMPD2,  SMPD2p,  hSMPD2,  H0Y5N2,  O60906 ...

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