======= AASS =======
== Gene Information ==
* **Official Symbol**: AASS
* **Official Name**: aminoadipate-semialdehyde synthase
* **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A
* **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=10157|10157]]
* **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UDR5|Q9UDR5]]
* **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=AASS&organism=9606|BioGRID]]
* **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20AASS|Open PubMed]]
* **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/605113|Open OMIM]]
== Function Summary ==
* **Entrez Summary**: This gene encodes a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the first two steps in the mammalian lysine degradation pathway. The N-terminal and the C-terminal portions of this enzyme contain lysine-ketoglutarate reductase and saccharopine dehydrogenase activity, respectively, resulting in the conversion of lysine to alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial hyperlysinemia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
* **UniProt Summary**: Bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the first two steps in lysine degradation. The N-terminal and the C-terminal contain lysine-ketoglutarate reductase and saccharopine dehydrogenase activity, respectively.
|AlaDh PNT C|
|Saccharop dh|
|AlaDh PNT N|
|saccharopine dehydrogenase activity|
|saccharopine dehydrogenase (NADP+, L-lysine-forming) activity|
|saccharopine dehydrogenase (NAD+, L-glutamate-forming) activity|
|lysine biosynthetic process|
|lysine biosynthetic process via aminoadipic acid|
|L-lysine catabolic process to acetyl-CoA via saccharopine|
|L-lysine catabolic process|
|L-lysine catabolic process to acetyl-CoA|
|L-lysine metabolic process|
|lysine catabolic process|
|lysine metabolic process|
|aspartate family amino acid catabolic process|
|aspartate family amino acid biosynthetic process|
|acetyl-CoA metabolic process|
|aspartate family amino acid metabolic process|
|alpha-amino acid biosynthetic process|
|cellular amino acid biosynthetic process|
|acyl-CoA metabolic process|
|thioester metabolic process|
|alpha-amino acid catabolic process|
|cellular amino acid catabolic process|
|ribonucleoside bisphosphate metabolic process|
|purine nucleoside bisphosphate metabolic process|
|nucleoside bisphosphate metabolic process|
|drug catabolic process|
|protein tetramerization|
|alpha-amino acid metabolic process|
|coenzyme metabolic process|
|carboxylic acid catabolic process|
|organic acid catabolic process|
|carboxylic acid biosynthetic process|
|organic acid biosynthetic process|
|cellular amino acid metabolic process|
|purine ribonucleotide metabolic process|
|ribonucleotide metabolic process|
|purine nucleotide metabolic process|
|ribose phosphate metabolic process|
|sulfur compound metabolic process|
|purine-containing compound metabolic process|
|mitochondrial matrix|
|small molecule catabolic process|
|cofactor metabolic process|
|nucleotide metabolic process|
|nucleoside phosphate metabolic process|
|drug metabolic process|
|protein complex oligomerization|
|nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process|
|small molecule biosynthetic process|
|intracellular membrane-bounded organelle|
|cellular amide metabolic process|
|organophosphate metabolic process|
|carboxylic acid metabolic process|
|oxidation-reduction process|
|oxoacid metabolic process|
|organic acid metabolic process|
|carbohydrate derivative metabolic process|
|organonitrogen compound catabolic process|
|mitochondrion|
|organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process|
|protein-containing complex assembly|
|small molecule metabolic process|
|organic substance catabolic process|
|cellular catabolic process|
|protein-containing complex subunit organization|
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=== CRISPR Data ===
^Screen^Score^
|[[:results:exp460|BML-284 0.09μM R08 exp460]]|-1.73|
No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics.
Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/726
^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^
|1290807.0|0/1|
|909776.0|0/1|
|bile duct|0/28|
|blood|0/28|
|bone|0/25|
|breast|0/33|
|central nervous system|0/56|
|cervix|0/4|
|colorectal|0/17|
|esophagus|0/13|
|fibroblast|0/1|
|gastric|0/15|
|kidney|0/21|
|liver|0/20|
|lung|0/75|
|lymphocyte|0/14|
|ovary|0/26|
|pancreas|0/24|
|peripheral nervous system|0/16|
|plasma cell|0/15|
|prostate|0/1|
|skin|0/24|
|soft tissue|0/7|
|thyroid|0/2|
|upper aerodigestive|0/22|
|urinary tract|0/29|
|uterus|0/5|
== Essentiality in NALM6 ==
* **Essentiality Rank**: 18219
* **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 6.64
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