Bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase
BE0010402ProteinHumansGNE
Bifunctional enzyme that possesses both UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase and N-acetylmannosamine kinase activities, and serves as the initiator of the biosynthetic pathway leading to the production of N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc), a critical precursor in the synthesis of... It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- GNE
- UniProtKB entry
- Q9Y223Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm, cytosol
- Residues / weight
- 722 residues · 79,274 Da
- Also known as
- GLCNE · IBM2 · UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase/ManAc kinase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of October 31, 2023
Which compounds in development act on Bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, and which indications are they being tested in?
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