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NAGS - N-acetylglutamate synthase Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as AGAS; ARGA

Gene ID: 162417 | Gene type: protein coding

About NAGS

Cytogenetic location: 17q21.31 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 17:44,004,622-44,009,068 (from NCBI)

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants), 167 orthologues and is associated with 3 phenotypes. Biased expression in duodenum (RPKM 7.8), small intestine (RPKM 6.4) and 8 other tissues.

Summary

The N-acetylglutamate synthase gene encodes a mitochondrial Enzyme that catalyzes the formation of N-acetylglutamate (NAG) from glutamate and acetyl coenzyme-A. NAG is a cofactor of carbamyl phosphate synthetase I (CPSI), the first Enzyme of the urea cycle in mammals. This gene may regulate ureagenesis by altering NAG availability and, thereby, CPSI activity. Deficiencies in N-acetylglutamate synthase have been associated with hyperammonemia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

NAGS Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_153006.3 NP_694551.1 N-acetylglutamate synthase, mitochondrial

NAGS Protein Structure

NAT

NAT: NAT, N-acetyltransferase, of N-acetylglutamate synthase (357 - 519)

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Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

N-acetylglutamate synthase, mitochondrial

amino-acid acetyltransferase

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
N-Acetylglutamate Synthase Deficiency

Nags Deficiency

N-Acetylglutamate Synthetase Deficiency

Hyperammonemia, Type Iii

Hyperammonemia Due To N-Acetylglutamate Synthetase Deficiency

NAGSD

Hyperammonemia Due To N-Acetylglutamate Synthase Deficiency

N-Acetyl Glutamate Synthetase Deficiency

Nag Synthetase Deficiency

Deficiency, N-Acetylglutamate Synthase

Inherited Metabolic Disorder

Inborn Errors Of Metabolism

Inborn Metabolic Disorder

Inborn Metabolism Disorder

Metabolic Hereditary Disorder

Inborn Error Of Metabolism

Metabolism, Inborn Errors

Propionic Acidemia

Ketotic Hyperglycinemia

Propionyl-Coa Carboxylase Deficiency

Pcc Deficiency

Propionicacidemia

Glycinemia, Ketotic

Hyperglycinemia With Ketoacidosis And Leukopenia

Ketotic Glycinemia

Propionic Aciduria

Prop

Acidemia, Propionic

PA-1

Ketotic Ii Glycinemia

Hyperglycinemia, Ketotic

Propionic Acidemia Type I

Propionic Acidemia Type Ii

PA-2

Propionicaciduria

Carbonic Anhydrase Va Deficiency, Hyperammonemia Due To

CA5AD

Hyperammonemia Due To Carbonic Anhydrase Va Deficiency

Hyperammonemia

Urea Cycle Disorder

Urea Cycle Disorders

Urea Cycle Disorders, Inborn

Disorder Of Metabolism Of Ornithine, Citrulline, Argininosuccinic Acid, Arginine And Ammonia

Disorder Of Urea Cycle Metabolism

Urea Cycle Defect

Ucd

Disorder Of The Urea Cycle Metabolism

Disorder Of Urea Cycle

Disorders Of Metabolism Of Ornithine, Citrulline, Argininosuccinic Acid, Arginine And Ammonia

Ammonia Metabolic Disorder

Hyperornithinemia-Hyperammonemia-Homocitrullinuria Syndrome

Hhh Syndrome

Ornithine Translocase Deficiency

Hyperornithinemia-Hyperammonemia-Homocitrullinemia Syndrome

HHHS

Hhh

Triple H Syndrome

Hyperornithinemia-Hyperammonemia-Homocitrullinuria Syndrome

Ornithine Translocase Deficiency Syndrome

Hyperornithinaemia-Hyperammonaemia-Homocitrullinuria Syndrome

Ornt1 Deficiency

Ornithine Carrier Deficiency

Hyperornithinemia, Hyperammonemia, Homocitrullinuria Syndrome

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency, Hyperammonemia Due To

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency

Cps I Deficiency

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency Disease

Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase I Deficiency Disease

Congenital Hyperammonemia, Type I

Carbamoylphosphate Synthetase I Deficiency

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency

CPS1D

Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase Deficiency

Cps 1 Deficiency

Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase Deficiency

Hyperammonemia Due To Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency

Carbamyl-Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency Disease

Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency

Cps1 Deficiency

Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency

Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase Deficiency

Hyperammonemia Due To Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency

Deficiency, Carbamoylphosphate Synthetase I

Carbamylphosphate Synthetase Deficiency

Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia, Familial, 6

Hyperinsulinism-Hyperammonemia Syndrome

HHF6

Familial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia 6

Hi/Ha Syndrome

Ha/Hi Syndrome

Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Familial 6

Hyperinsulinism Hyperammonemia Syndrome

Hhs

Isovaleric Acidemia

Isovaleric Acid Coa Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Isovaleryl-Coa Dehydrogenase Deficiency

IVA

Ivd Deficiency

Acidemia, Isovaleric

Isovaleric Aciduria

Isovaleryl Coa Carboxylase Deficiency

Isovaleric Acid-Coa Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Argininosuccinic Aciduria

Argininosuccinate Lyase Deficiency

Asl Deficiency

Argininosuccinic Acid Lyase Deficiency

Argininosuccinase Deficiency

Argininosuccinic Acidemia

Arginosuccinase Deficiency

Asa Deficiency

Argininosuccinicaciduria

Asauria

Deficiency Of Argininosuccinate Lyase

Asld

Arginino Succinase Deficiency

Argininosuccinate Acidemia

Inborn Error Of Urea Synthesis, Arginino Succinic Type

Urea Cycle Disorder, Arginino Succinase Type

Argininosuccinyl-Coa Lyase Deficiency

Asa

Argininosuccinatelyase Deficiency

ARGINSA

Aciduria Argininosuccinic

Citrullinemia

Argininosuccinic Acidaemia

Metabolic Disorder Of Arginosuccinic Acid

Citrullinemia, Type Ii, Adult-Onset

Citrin Deficiency

CTLN2

Citrullinemia Type Ii

Adult-Onset Citrullinemia Type 2

Adult-Onset Type Ii Citrullinemia

Citrullinemia, Adult-Onset Type Ii

Adult-Onset Citrin Deficiency

Adult-Onset Citrullinemia Type Ii

Citrullinemia Type 2

Citrullinemia 2

Citrullinemia, Type Ii

Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency, Hyperammonemia Due To

Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency

Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency

Otc Deficiency

Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease

OTCD

Deficiency Of Citrulline Phosphorylase

Oct Deficiency

Hyperammonemia Due To Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency

Deficiency, Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase

Argininemia

Hyperargininemia

Arginase Deficiency

Arg1 Deficiency

Arginase-1 Deficiency

Deficiency Of Canavanase

Arginase Deficiency Disease

ARGIN

Citrullinemia, Classic

Citrullinemia

Classic Citrullinemia

Argininosuccinate Synthetase Deficiency

Ass Deficiency

Citrullinemia Type I

CTLN1

Citrullinuria

Citrullinemia, Type I

Argininosuccinic Acid Synthetase Deficiency

Ctnl1

Citrullinemia 1

Deficiency Of Citrulline-Aspartate Ligase

Cit

Argininosuccinate Synthase Deficiency

Argininosuccinic Acid Synthase Deficiency

Citrullinemia Type 1

Citrullinemia Classical

Pyrimidine Metabolic Disorder

Disorder Of Pyrimidine Metabolism

Pyrimidine Metabolism Disorder

Orotic Aciduria

Hereditary Orotic Aciduria

Orotidylic Pyrophosphorylase And Orotidylic Decarboxylase Deficiency

Uridine Monophosphate Synthase Deficiency

Umps Deficiency

Uridine Monophosphate Synthetase Deficiency

Orotic Aciduria I

Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase And Orotidylic Decarboxylase Deficiency

Oprt And Odc Deficiency

Ump Synthase Deficiency

Orotic Aciduria Ii

Oroticaciduria 1

Orotic Aciduria Hereditary

Orotic Aciduria Type 1

Hereditary Orotic Aciduria Without Megaloblastic Anemia

Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase And Omp Decarboxylase Deficiency

Ump Synthtase Deficiency

Umps

Orotidylic Decarboxylase Deficiency

Orotic Aciduria 1

ORAC1

Aciduria, Orotic

Hereditary Orotic Aciduria, Type 1

Orotic Aciduria Nos

Orotaciduric Anaemia

Orotic Aciduria Anaemia

Orotic Aciduria Megaloblastic Anaemia

Amino Acid Metabolic Disorder

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors

Inborn Errors Of Amino Acid Metabolism

Disorder Of Amino Acid Metabolism

Amino Acid Metabolism Disorders

Lysinuric Protein Intolerance

LPI

Dibasic Amino Aciduria Ii

Hyperdibasic Aminoaciduria

Dibasic Aminoaciduria 2

Dibasicamino Aciduria Ii

Congenital Lysinuria

Lpi - Lysinuric Protein Intolerance

Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 2

Jansky-Bielschowsky Disease

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2

CLN2

Lincl

Cln2 Disease

Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 2, Variable Age At Onset

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2 Variable Age At Onset

Cln2 Disease, Juvenile

Cln2 Disease, Late Infantile

Late-Infantile Batten Disease

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Late-Infantile

Classic Late Infantile Ncl

Classic Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 2 With Variable Age At Onset

Lipofuscinosis, Ceroid, Neuronal, Type 2

Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipfuscinosis

Organic Acidemia

Organic Aciduria

Disorder Of Organic Acid Metabolism

Organic Acid Metabolism Disorder

Organic Acidemias

Inherited Organic Acidemia

Organic Acidurias

Aciduria Organic

Methylmalonic Acidemia

Methylmalonic Aciduria

Mma

Acidemia, Methylmalonic

Isolated Methylmalonic Acidemia

Maple Syrup Urine Disease

MSUD

Bckd Deficiency

Branched-Chain Ketoaciduria

Branched-Chain Alpha-Keto Acid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Keto Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency

Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type Ii

Branched Chain Ketoaciduria

Classic Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Intermittent Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type Ia

Ketoacidaemia

Bckdh Deficiency

Branched-Chain 2-Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Thiamine-Responsive Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Intermediate Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Maple Syrup Urine Disease Type 1a

Maple Syrup Urine Disease Type 1b

Maple Syrup Urine Disease Type 2

Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type Ib

Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Branched-Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Maple Syrup Disease

Ketoacidemia

Classic Bckd Deficiency

Classic Msud

Classic Branched-Chain Alpha-Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Classic Branched-Chain Ketoaciduria

Thiamine-Responsive Bckd Deficiency

Thiamine-Responsive Msud

Thiamine-Responsive Branched-Chain Alpha-Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Intermittent Bckd Deficiency

Intermittent Msud

Intermittent Branched-Chain Alpha-Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Maple Syrup Urine Disease 1a

MSUD1A

Maple Syrup Urine Disease Type Ia

Msud Type Ia

Maple Syrup Urine Disease 1b

MSUD1B

Maple Syrup Urine Disease Type Ib

Msud Type Ib

Maple Syrup Urine Disease 2

MSUD2

Maple Syrup Urine Disease Type Ii

Msud Type Ii

Nadh Cytochrome B5 Reductase Deficiency

Lactic Acidosis, Congenital Infantile, Due To Lad Deficiency

Ketonemia

Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type 1b

Ketoacid Decarboxylase Deficiency

Oxoacid Decarboxylase Deficiency

Branched Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Msud - [Maple-Syrup-Urine Disease]

Ketoaminoacidaemia

Bckd - [Branched-Chain Alpha-Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Deficiency]

Maple-Syrup-Urine Disorder

Maple-Syrup-Urine Syndrome

Reye Syndrome

Reye'S Syndrome

Rasmussen Encephalitis

Fatty Liver With Encephalopathy

Rasmussen'S Encephalitis

Re

Rs

Rasmussen Syndrome

Liver Fatty Metamorphosis--Acute Encephalopathy Syndrome

Reye Encephalopathy

Tyrosinemia, Type Ii

Tyrosinemia Type Ii

Oculocutaneous Tyrosinemia

Richner-Hanhart Syndrome

Tyrosine Aminotransferase Deficiency

Tat Deficiency

Tyrosine Transaminase Deficiency

Keratosis Palmoplantaris With Corneal Dystrophy

TYRSN2

Oregon Type Tyrosinemia

Tyrosinemia Type 2

Tyrosinosis Oculocutaneous Type

Tyrosinosis, Oculocutaneous Type

Richner Hanhart Syndrome

Keratosis Palmoplantaris-Corneal Dystrophy Syndrome

Tyrosinemia Due To Tat Deficiency

Tyrosinemia Due To Tyrosine Aminotransferase Deficiency

Tyrosinemia 2

Tyrosinemia Oregon Type

Tyrosine Transaminase Deficiency Disease

Spastic Diplegia

Diplegic Infantile Cerebral Palsy

Little'S Disease

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Spastic Infantile Paralysis

Infantile Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Infantile Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Littles Disease

Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Glycine Encephalopathy

Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia

Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia

NKH

GCE

Hyperglycinemia, Nonketotic

Hyperglycinemia Nonketotic

Infantile Glycine Encephalopathy

Encephalopathy, Glycine

Glycine Synthase Deficiency

Nka

Neonatal Glycine Encephalopathy

Classic Glycine Encephalopathy

Neonatal Nkh

Neonatal Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia

Infantile Nkh

Infantile Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia

Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinaemia

Glycine Cleavage Deficiency

Nonketotic Hyperglycinaemia

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Macaca mulatta NAGS VGNC VGNC:74984
Bos taurus NAGS VGNC VGNC:31871
Canis familiaris NAGS VGNC VGNC:43611
Rattus norvegicus NAGS RGD RGD:1565783
Mus musculus NAGS MGD MGI:2387600
Felis catus NAGS VGNC VGNC:63715