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Symbol NAGS contributors: mct - updated : 20-01-2016
HGNC name N-acetylglutamate synthase
HGNC id 17996
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • N-terminal putative mitochondrial targeting signal of 49 amino acids
  • a "variable domain" of 45 amino acids
  • a "conserved domain" of 440 amino acids
  • C-terminal catalytic domain
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies ortholog to murine Nags
    homolog to rattus LOC303563
    Homologene
    FAMILY acetyltransferase family
    CATEGORY enzyme , regulatory
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,mitochondria,matrix
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,endoplasmic reticulum
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,Golgi
    text localizes to the cell surface, and to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi compartments
    basic FUNCTION
  • catalyzing the formation of N-acetylglutamate (NAG), an essential allosteric activator of carbamylphosphate synthase I (CPSI)
  • catalyzes the formation of N-acetylglutamate (NAG) from glutamate and acetyl coenzyme-A
  • produces a unique cofactor, N-acetylglutamate (NAG), that is essential for the catalytic function of the first and rate-limiting enzyme of ureagenesis, carbamyl phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1)
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • NAGS major role is to produce the essential co-factor of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1) in the urea cycle
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) ANHA
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS