ORMDL2 ORMDL sphingolipid biosynthesis regulator 2 [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: ORMDL2provided by HGNC
Official Full Name: ORMDL sphingolipid biosynthesis regulator 2provided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:16037
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000123353 MIM:610074; AllianceGenome:HGNC:16037
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: MST095; HSPC160; MSTP095; adoplin-2
Summary: Involved in ceramide metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of ceramide biosynthetic process. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in esophagus (RPKM 18.1), colon (RPKM 18.0) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 12q13.2

Exon count:: 4

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2025_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	12	NC_000012.12 (55818041..55821879)
RS_2025_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	12	NC_060936.1 (55784685..55788525)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	12	NC_000012.11 (56211825..56215663)

Chromosome 12 - NC_000012.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Expression of the ORMDLS, modulators of serine palmitoyltransferase, is regulated by sphingolipids in mammalian cells.
Title: Expression of the ORMDLS, modulators of serine palmitoyltransferase, is regulated by sphingolipids in mammalian cells.
ORMDL1, ORMDL2 and ORMDL3 mediate the feedback response in ceramide biosynthesis.
Title: Mammalian ORMDL proteins mediate the feedback response in ceramide biosynthesis.

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Phenotypes

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Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

WI-12249 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:77981

SHGC-64831 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:6835

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in ceramide metabolic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in ceramide metabolic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in intracellular sphingolipid homeostasis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of ceramide biosynthetic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of ceramide biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in sphingolipid biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in sphingolipid metabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in endoplasmic reticulum	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in endoplasmic reticulum membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
part_of serine palmitoyltransferase complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: ORM1-like protein 2

Names: expressed in normal aorta

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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