Component of serine palmitoyltransferase; responsible along with Lcb1p for the first committed step in sphingolipid synthesis, which is the condensation of serine with palmitoyl-CoA to form 3-ketosphinganine [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002469]
SCS1, TSC1
Chromosome IV: 576,474-578,159 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006938.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 446 orthologues, 2 paralogues and is a member of 1 Ensembl protein family.