Predicted to enable serine C-palmitoyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in ceramide biosynthetic process and sphingosine biosynthetic process. Predicted to be part of serine C-palmitoyltransferase complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1C. Is an ortholog of human SPTLC2 (serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 2) and SPTLC3 (serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 3).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.