The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Ceramide Kinase across different species:

ceramide kinase (Cerk), ceramide kinase (CERK), ceramide kinase (cerk), zgc:158263 (zgc:158263), ceramide kinase (CpipJ_CPIJ003342), ceramide kinase (LOAG_11245), Ceramide kinase (Cerk), ceramide kinase (AaeL_AAEL015603), Ceramide kinase (Bm1_50005)

Other aliases include:

AI848610, mKIAA1646, D330016D08Rik, LK4, hCERK, FLJ21430, FLJ23239, KIAA1646, MGC131878, dA59H18.2, dA59H18.3, DKFZp434E0211, CERK, si:ch211-162i19.1, MGC81777, CG16708, dcerk, DCERK, DmelCG16708

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Ceramide Kinase:

ceramide kinase – OTTMUSP00000028102 – lipid kinase LK4 – ceramide kinase, isoform A – CG16708-PA – Cerk-PA – ceramide kinase, isoform B – CG16708-PB – Cerk-PB – Ceramide kinase

Ceramide Kinase fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – calcium ion binding – ceramide kinase activity – diacylglycerol kinase activity – kinase activity – magnesium ion binding – nucleotide binding – transferase activity – D-erythro-sphingosine kinase activity

Ceramide Kinase is relevant to the following processes:

activation of protein kinase C activity by G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – ceramide metabolic process – integral to membrane of membrane fraction – mitochondrion – nucleus – autophagic cell death – phototransduction – salivary gland cell autophagic cell death

Locations for Ceramide Kinase:

cytoplasm – membrane – membrane fraction – mitochondrion – extrinsic to membrane – integral to membrane of membrane fraction – nucleus – cellular_component – plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology