Gene Information
Gene NameNAGS
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length534
Protein NamesN-acetylglutamate synthase, mitochondrial (EC 2.3.1.1) (Amino-acid acetyltransferase) [Cleaved into: N-acetylglutamate synthase long form; N-acetylglutamate synthase short form; N-acetylglutamate synthase conserved domain form]
Target Namen-acetylglutamate synthase, mitochondrial
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000161653 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBQ8N159
Gene CardNAGS
Uniprot IDQ8N159
PfamPF04768
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.018388486)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ NAGS ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ NAGS ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ NAGS ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ NAGS ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Nags ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ NAGS ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Nags ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ NAGS ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
Tissueduodenum, kidney, liver, small.intestine
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in the adult liver, kidney and small intestine. Weakly expressed in the fetal liver, lung, pancreas, placenta, heart and brain tissue. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12459178, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12754705}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4K30  (X-ray  2.10A 
DBSNP rs760267963  rs1188223411  rs1251891037  rs1312599995  rs104894605  rs1204011876  rs104894606  rs752415489  rs745511282 
Subcellular location [CC]Mitochondrion matrix {ECO:0000305|PubMed:7126172}.
Mouse PG classificationLPG
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