N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NAAA gene.[5][6][7]

NAAA
Identifiers
AliasesNAAA, ASAHL, PLT, N-acylethanolamine acid amidase
External IDsOMIM: 607469; MGI: 1914361; HomoloGene: 8686; GeneCards: NAAA; OMA:NAAA - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001042402
NM_014435
NM_001363719

NM_001163687
NM_025972

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001035861
NP_055250
NP_001350648

NP_001157159
NP_080248

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 75.91 – 75.94 MbChr 5: 92.41 – 92.43 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

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This gene encodes an N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing enzyme which is highly similar to acid ceramidase. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000138744Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029413Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Hong SB, Li CM, Rhee HJ, Park JH, He X, Levy B, Yoo OJ, Schuchman EH (Feb 2000). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a human cDNA and gene encoding a novel acid ceramidase-like protein". Genomics. 62 (2): 232–41. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5953. PMID 10610717.
  6. ^ Goodchild NL, Wilkinson DA, Mager DL (Dec 1992). "A human endogenous long terminal repeat provides a polyadenylation signal to a novel, alternatively spliced transcript in normal placenta". Gene. 121 (2): 287–94. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(92)90133-A. PMID 1446826.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: ASAHL N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (acid ceramidase)-like".
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Further reading

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