NIT1
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: NIT1
- Official Name: nitrilase 1
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 4817
- UniProt: Q86X76
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Catalyzes the hydrolysis of the amide bond in N-(4- oxoglutarate)-L-cysteinylglycine (deaminated glutathione), a metabolite repair reaction to dispose of the harmful deaminated glutathione. Plays a role in cell growth and apoptosis: loss of expression promotes cell growth, resistance to DNA damage stress and increased incidence to NMBA-induced tumors. Has tumor suppressor properties that enhances the apoptotic responsiveness in cancer cells; this effect is additive to the tumor suppressor activity of FHIT. It is also a negative regulator of primary T- cells. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8VDK1}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 9236
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 4.81