Encodes one of the two redundant sphingoid base hydroxylases (SBH). Involved in sphingolipid trihydroxy long-chain base (4-hydroxysphinganine) biosynthesis. Double mutants of SBHs were dwarfed and not able to progress from vegetative to reproductive growth.
Computational Description
sphingoid base hydroxylase 1 (SBH1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Fatty acid hydroxylase (InterPro:IPR006694); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: sphingoid base hydroxylase 2 (TAIR:AT1G14290.1); Has 2400 Blast hits to 2339 proteins in 395 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 406; Metazoa - 416; Fungi - 708; Plants - 429; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 438 (source: NCBI BLink).