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Facts about Aspartoacylase.
In other cells it act as a scavenger of NAA in body fluids. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ASPA |
Uniprot: | P45381 |
Entrez: | 443 |
Belongs to: |
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AspA/AstE family |
ACY-2; ACY2aminoacylase 2; Aminoacylase-2; ASPaminoacylase-2; aspartoacylase (aminoacylase 2, Canavan disease); aspartoacylase; EC 3.5.1.15
Mass (kDA):
35.735 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 17p13.2 |
Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (3473646..3503405) |
Brain white matter, skeletal muscle, kidney, adrenal glands, lung and liver.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus.
PMID: 8252036 by Kaul R., et al. Cloning of the human aspartoacylase cDNA and a common missense mutation in Canavan disease.
PMID: 12706335 by Moore R.A., et al. Purification and preliminary characterization of brain aspartoacylase.