Arylsulfatase A

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Arylsulfatase A

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Identifiers
Symbols ARSA; MLD
External IDs OMIM607574 MGI88077 HomoloGene20138 GeneCards: ARSA Gene
EC number 3.1.6.8
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 410 11883
Ensembl ENSG00000100299 ENSMUSG00000022620
UniProt P15289 Q9DC66
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000487.5 NM_009713.4
RefSeq (protein) NP_000478.3 NP_033843.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 22:
51.06 – 51.07 Mb
Chr 15:
89.3 – 89.31 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Arylsulfatase A (or cerebroside-sulfatase) is an enzyme that breaks down cerebroside 3-sulfate into cerebroside and sulfate. In humans, arylsulfatase A is encoded by the ARSA gene.[1][2]

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Pathology

A deficiency is associated with metachromatic leukodystrophy.[3]

References

  1. ^ Stein C, Gieselmann V, Kreysing J, Schmidt B, Pohlmann R, Waheed A, Meyer HE, O'Brien JS, von Figura K (January 1989). "Cloning and expression of human arylsulfatase A". J. Biol. Chem. 264 (2): 1252–9. PMID 2562955. 
  2. ^ Matzner U, Herbst E, Hedayati KK, Lüllmann-Rauch R, Wessig C, Schröder S, Eistrup C, Möller C, Fogh J, Gieselmann V (May 2005). "Enzyme replacement improves nervous system pathology and function in a mouse model for metachromatic leukodystrophy". Hum. Mol. Genet. 14 (9): 1139–52. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi126. PMID 15772092. 
  3. ^ Sevin C, Aubourg P, Cartier N (April 2007). "Enzyme, cell and gene-based therapies for metachromatic leukodystrophy". J. Inherit. Metab. Dis. 30 (2): 175–83. doi:10.1007/s10545-007-0540-z. PMID 17347913. 

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