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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP00515
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 5762
  • HMDBP04718
Name N-acetylglutamate synthase, mitochondrial
Synonyms
  1. Amino-acid acetyltransferase
  2. N-acetylglutamate synthase conserved domain form
  3. N-acetylglutamate synthase long form
  4. N-acetylglutamate synthase short form
Gene Name NAGS
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in N-acetyltransferase activity
Specific Function Plays a role in the regulation of ureagenesis by producing variable amounts of N-acetylglutamate (NAG), thus modulating carbamoylphosphate synthase I (CPSI) activity.
Pathways
  • 2-Oxocarboxylic acid metabolism
  • Arginine and proline metabolism
  • L-arginine biosynthesis
Reactions
Acetyl-CoA + L-Glutamic acid → Coenzyme A + N-Acetyl-L-glutamic acid details
GO Classification
Biological Process
arginine biosynthetic process
glutamate metabolic process
urea cycle
Cellular Component
mitochondrial matrix
Function
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups
transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups
acyltransferase activity
acetyltransferase activity
n-acetyltransferase activity
Molecular Function
acetyl-CoA:L-glutamate N-acetyltransferase activity
Process
arginine biosynthetic process
cellular amino acid biosynthetic process
metabolic process
arginine metabolic process
cellular metabolic process
glutamine family amino acid metabolic process
cellular amino acid and derivative metabolic process
cellular amino acid metabolic process
Cellular Location
  1. Mitochondrion matrix
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 17
Locus 17q21.31
SNPs NAGS
Gene Sequence
>1605 bp
ATGGCGACGGCGCTGATGGCTGTGGTTCTGCGGGCAGCTGCTGTAGCCCCGAGGCTGAGA
GGCCGGGGAGGCACTGGGGGCGCCCGAAGGCTGAGCTGTGGCGCGCGGCGGCGGGCGGCG
AGGGGCACCAGCCCGGGGCGCCGGCTCAGCACCGCCTGGTCGCAGCCCCAGCCCCCGCCC
GAGGAGTACGCGGGCGCGGACGACGTCTCCCAGTCGCCCGTCGCCGAGGAGCCGTCGTGG
GTGCCGAGTCCCAGGCCCCCGGTGCCCCACGAGTCCCCAGAGCCTCCTTCGGGCCGCTCG
CTGGTGCAGCGGGACATCCAGGCCTTCCTGAACCAGTGCGGGGCCAGCCCTGGGGAGGCG
CGCCACTGGCTCACGCAGTTCCAGACCTGCCATCACTCCGCGGACAAGCCCTTCGCCGTC
ATCGAGGTGGACGAGGAGGTGCTCAAGTGCCAGCAGGGCGTATCCAGTCTGGCCTTTGCC
CTGGCCTTCTTGCAGCGCATGGACATGAAGCCGCTGGTGGTCCTGGGGCTGCCGGCCCCT
ACGGCTCCCTCGGGCTGTCTTTCCTTCTGGGAGGCCAAGGCGCAGCTGGCCAAGAGCTGC
AAGGTGCTGGTAGACGCGCTTCGACACAACGCCGCCGCTGCTGTGCCATTTTTTGGCGGC
GGGTCTGTGCTACGCGCTGCCGAGCCGGCTCCCCATGCCAGCTACGGCGGCATCGTCTCG
GTGGAGACAGACCTGCTGCAGTGGTGCCTGGAGTCGGGCAGCATCCCCATCCTGTGCCCC
ATCGGGGAGACGGCCGCGCGCCGCTCCGTGCTTCTCGACTCCCTGGAGGTGACCGCGTCG
CTGGCCAAGGCGCTGCGGCCCACCAAAATCATCTTCCTCAATAACACAGGCGGCCTGCGC
GACAGCAGTCATAAGGTCCTGAGTAACGTGAACCTGCCCGCCGACCTGGACCTGGTGTGC
AACGCCGAGTGGGTGAGCACAAAAGAACGGCAGCAGATGCGGCTCATCGTGGACGTGCTC
AGCCGCCTGCCCCACCACTCCTCGGCCGTCATCACCGCCGCTAGCACGCTGCTCACTGAG
CTCTTTAGCAACAAGGGGTCCGGGACCCTGTTCAAGAACGCCGAGCGAATGCTACGGGTG
CGCAGCCTGGACAAGCTGGACCAGGGCCGTCTAGTGGACCTGGTCAACGCCAGCTTCGGC
AAGAAGCTCAGGGACGACTACCTGGCCTCGCTGCGCCCGCGGCTGCACTCCATCTACGTC
TCCGAGGGGTACAACGCCGCCGCCATTCTGACCATGGAGCCCGTCCTGGGGGGCACCCCG
TACCTGGACAAATTTGTGGTGAGCTCCAGCCGCCAGGGCCAAGGCTCCGGCCAGATGCTG
TGGGAGTGCCTGCGGCGGGACCTTCAGACACTTTTCTGGCGCTCCCGGGTCACCAACCCC
ATCAATCCCTGGTACTTCAAACACAGTGATGGCAGCTTCTCCAACAAGCAGTGGATCTTC
TTCTGGTTTGGCCTGGCTGATATCCGGGACTCCTATGAGTTGGTCAACCACGCCAAGGGA
CTGCCAGACTCCTTTCACAAGCCAGCTTCTGACCCAGGCAGCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 534
Molecular Weight 58155.835
Theoretical pI 8.892
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>N-acetylglutamate synthase, mitochondrial
MATALMAVVLRAAAVAPRLRGRGGTGGARRLSCGARRRAARGTSPGRRLSTAWSQPQPPP
EEYAGADDVSQSPVAEEPSWVPSPRPPVPHESPEPPSGRSLVQRDIQAFLNQCGASPGEA
RHWLTQFQTCHHSADKPFAVIEVDEEVLKCQQGVSSLAFALAFLQRMDMKPLVVLGLPAP
TAPSGCLSFWEAKAQLAKSCKVLVDALRHNAAAAVPFFGGGSVLRAAEPAPHASYGGIVS
VETDLLQWCLESGSIPILCPIGETAARRSVLLDSLEVTASLAKALRPTKIIFLNNTGGLR
DSSHKVLSNVNLPADLDLVCNAEWVSTKERQQMRLIVDVLSRLPHHSSAVITAASTLLTE
LFSNKGSGTLFKNAERMLRVRSLDKLDQGRLVDLVNASFGKKLRDDYLASLRPRLHSIYV
SEGYNAAAILTMEPVLGGTPYLDKFVVSSSRQGQGSGQMLWECLRRDLQTLFWRSRVTNP
INPWYFKHSDGSFSNKQWIFFWFGLADIRDSYELVNHAKGLPDSFHKPASDPGS
GenBank ID Protein 22651771
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q8N159
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name NAGS_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AY116538
GeneCard ID NAGS
GenAtlas ID NAGS
HGNC ID HGNC:17996
References
General References
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