Argininosuccinate synthetase 1

ASS1
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesASS1, ASS, CTLN1, Argininosuccinate synthetase 1, argininosuccinate synthase 1
External IDsMGI: 88090 HomoloGene: 6899 GeneCards: ASS1
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

445

11898

Ensembl

ENSG00000130707

ENSMUSG00000076441

UniProt

P00966

P16460

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000050
NM_054012

NM_007494

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000041
NP_446464

NP_031520

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 130.44 – 130.5 MbChr 2: 31.47 – 31.52 Mb
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Argininosuccinate synthetase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ASS1 gene.[3][4][5]

The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the penultimate step of the arginine biosynthetic pathway. There are approximately 10 to 14 copies of this gene including the pseudogenes scattered across the human genome, among which the one located on chromosome 9 appears to be the only functional gene for argininosuccinate synthetase. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[5]

Clinical significance

Mutations in the chromosome 9 copy of ASS cause citrullinemia.[3]

40% to 90%[6] of bladder cancers are deficient in argininosuccinate synthetase.[7][8][9]

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