FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as CP4FN_HUMAN, CYP4F22. A cytochrome P450 monooxygenase involved in epidermal ceramide biosynthesis. Hydroxylates the terminal carbon (omega-hydroxylation) of ultra-long-chain fatty acyls (C28-C36) prior to ceramide synthesis (PubMed:26056268). Contributes to the synthesis of three classes of omega-hydroxy-ultra-long chain fatty acylceramides having sphingosine, 6-hydroxysphingosine and phytosphingosine bases, all major lipid components that underlie the permeability barrier of the stratum corneum (PubMed:26056268). Mechanistically, uses molecular oxygen inserting one oxygen atom into a substrate, and reducing the second into a water molecule, with two electrons provided by NADPH via cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR; NADPH-ferrihemoprotein reductase) (PubMed:26056268).

EXTERNAL LINKS

CYP4F22

Ultra-long-chain fatty acid omega-hydroxylase

CYP4F22

Molecular Synopsis