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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 27163
Gene name N-acylethanolamine acid amidase
Gene symbol NAAA
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
ASAHLPLT
Chromosome 4
Chromosome location 4q21.1
Summary 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT1172260 hsa-miR-1208 CLIP-seq
MIRT1172261 hsa-miR-1236 CLIP-seq
MIRT1172262 hsa-miR-1272 CLIP-seq
MIRT1172263 hsa-miR-1322 CLIP-seq
MIRT1172264 hsa-miR-135a CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IDA 10610717
GO:0005764 Component Lysosome IDA 15655246
GO:0005764 Component Lysosome IEA
GO:0006629 Process Lipid metabolic process IEA
GO:0006631 Process Fatty acid metabolic process IDA 15655246, 30301806
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607469 736 ENSG00000138744
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q02083
Protein name N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase (EC 3.5.1.60) (Acid ceramidase-like protein) (Acylsphingosine deacylase NAAA) (EC 3.5.1.23) (N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase-like) (ASAH-like protein) [Cleaved into: N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase
Protein function Degrades bioactive fatty acid amides to their corresponding acids, with the following preference: N-palmitoylethanolamine > N-myristoylethanolamine > N-lauroylethanolamine = N-stearoylethanolamine > N-arachidonoylethanolamine > N-oleoylethanolam
PDB 6DXW , 6DXX
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF02275 CBAH 126 → 312 Linear amide C-N hydrolases, choloylglycine hydrolase family Domain
PF15508 NAAA-beta 31 → 91 beta subunit of N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in numerous tissues, with highest levels in liver and kidney, followed by pancreas. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10610717}.
Sequence
Sequence length 359
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
Reactome Pathway
Neurotransmitter release cycle