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NAGA (gene)

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
4668

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000198951

NAGA (gene)

Aliases
  
NAGA, D22S674, GALB, alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase

External IDs
  
MGI: 1261422 HomoloGene: 221 GeneCards: NAGA

Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NAGA gene.

NAGA encodes the lysosomal enzyme alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, which cleaves alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyl moieties from glycoconjugates. Mutations in NAGA have been identified as the cause of Schindler disease types I and II (type II also known as Kanzaki disease).

References

NAGA (gene) Wikipedia