Gene Information
Gene NameGNE
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length722
Protein NamesBifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase/ManAc kinase) [Includes: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase (hydrolyzing) (EC 3.2.1.183) (UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase) (Uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase); N-acetylmannosamine kinase (EC 2.7.1.60) (ManAc kinase)]
Target Namen-acetylmannosamine kinase
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000159921 )
Evolutionary StageCellular_organisms
AlphaFoldDBQ9Y223
Gene CardGNE
Uniprot IDQ9Y223
PfamPF02350; PF00480
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.711405797)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GNE ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GNE ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GNE ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GNE ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Gne ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GNE ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Gne ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GNE ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighest expression in liver and placenta. Also found in heart, brain, lung, kidney, skeletal muscle and pancreas. Isoform 1 is expressed in heart, brain, kidney, liver, placenta, lung, spleen, pancreas, skeletal muscle and colon. Isoform 2 is expressed mainly in placenta, but also in brain, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas and colon. Isoform 3 is expressed at low level in kidney, liver, placenta and colon. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10330343, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10431835, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17597614}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2YHW  (X-ray  1.64A  2YHY  (X-ray  1.82A  2YI1  (X-ray  2.15A  3EO3  (X-ray  2.84A  4ZHT  (X-ray  2.69A 
DBSNP rs1554664064  rs769215411  rs121908634  rs139425890  rs539332585  rs369328625  rs766266918  rs779694939  rs121908630  rs121908629  rs773729410  rs121908623  rs121908622  rs121908621  rs121908633  rs1455785164  rs199877522  rs121908631  rs1554658910  rs764698870  rs986773986  rs886043979  rs121908632  rs121908625  rs748949603  rs387906347  rs1382191649  rs121908626  rs62541771  rs1191857860  rs121908627  rs28937594 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationLPG
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