CMAS
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: CMAS
- Official Name: cytidine monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 55907
- UniProt: Q8NFW8
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Catalyzes the activation of N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuNAc) to cytidine 5'-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid (CMP-NeuNAc), a substrate required for the addition of sialic acid. Has some activity toward NeuNAc, N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) or 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-nononic acid (KDN).
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 10547
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 4.49