Component
3-Ketosphinganine
3-Ketosphinganine
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
PLP-dependent human SPT condenses serine and palmitoyl-CoA into 3-ketosphinganine; the product-bound structure locates its headgroup and acyl chain.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- B6-dependent use of the amino acid serine and a fatty-acyl-CoA substrate.
- experimental_model
- Recombinant human SPT complexes; cryo-EM and cell/microsome activity assays
- exposure
- Product-bound cryo-EM and functional enzyme assays.
- limitations
- Does not show that B6 supplementation repairs myelin.
- nutrient_topic
- Vitamin B6 research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Vitamin B6
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- B6 supports entry into sphingolipid synthesis.
- primary_references
- [wang-2021-spt] Structural insights into the regulation of human serine palmitoyltransferase complexes (2021). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9812531/ DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-00551-9
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Purified recombinant protein; no intact tissue
Vitamin B6: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1120–1131
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Recombinant human SPT complexes; cryo-EM and cell/microsome activity assays · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### b6-neuro-spt-sphingolipid-entry PLP-dependent human SPT condenses serine and palmitoyl-CoA into 3-ketosphinganine; the product-bound structure locates its headgroup and acyl chain. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Vitamin B6 research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: B6 supports entry into sphingolipid synthesis. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Purified recombinant protein; no intact tissue experimental_model: Recombinant human SPT complexes; cryo-EM and cell/microsome activity assays limitations: Does not show that B6 supplementation repairs myelin. exposure: Product-bound cryo-EM and functional enzyme assays. cross_nutrient: B6-dependent use of the amino acid serine and a fatty-acyl-CoA substrate. [wang-2021-spt] Structural insights into the regulation of human serine palmitoyltransferase complexes (2021). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9812531/ DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-00551-9
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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