Galactosamine-6 sulfatase

Galactosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfatase
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols GALNS ; GALNAC6S; GAS; GalN6S; MPS4A
External IDs OMIM: 612222 MGI: 1355303 HomoloGene: 55468 GeneCards: GALNS Gene
EC number 3.1.6.4
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 2588 50917
Ensembl ENSG00000141012 ENSMUSG00000015027
UniProt P34059 Q571E4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000512 NM_001193645
RefSeq (protein) NP_000503 NP_001180574
Location (UCSC) Chr 16:
88.81 – 88.86 Mb
Chr 8:
122.58 – 122.61 Mb
PubMed search

N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase is an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the GALNS gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase, which is a lysosomal exohydrolase required for the degradation of the glycosaminoglycans keratan sulfate and chondroitin 6-sulfate. Sequence alterations including point, missense and nonsense mutations, as well as those that affect splicing, result in a deficiency of this enzyme. Deficiencies of this enzyme lead to Morquio A syndrome, a lysosomal storage disorder.[2]

References

  1. Tomatsu S, Fukuda S, Masue M, Sukegawa K, Fukao T, Yamagishi A, Hori T, Iwata H, Ogawa T, Nakashima Y; et al. (Jan 1992). "Morquio disease: isolation, characterization and expression of full-length cDNA for human N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 181 (2): 677–83. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(91)91244-7. PMID 1755850.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GALNS galactosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfate sulfatase (Morquio syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA)".

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