DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating NANS and histidine metabolism disease

NANS [ENSP00000210444]

Sialic acid synthase; Produces N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and 2-keto-3-deoxy- D-glycero-D-galacto-nononic acid (KDN). Can also use N- acetylmannosamine 6-phosphate and mannose 6-phosphate as substrates to generate phosphorylated forms of Neu5Ac and KDN, respectively.

Synonyms:  NANS,  Q5TBR0,  Q5TBR1,  Q9NR45,  Q5TBR0p ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM