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Aspa Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Aspa
  • Name
    aspartoacylase
  • Synonyms
    Acy-2, Acy2, aspartoacylase, nur7, small lethargic
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:87914
    NCBI Gene: 11484
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    3 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr11:73195813-73217677 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 11, 45.28 cM, cytoband B4
  • Mapping Data
    4 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    14 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_87914
protein coding gene Chr11:73195813-73220422 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0018660
protein coding gene Chr11:73987815-74018004 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0018628
protein coding gene Chr11:71217239-71242629 (-)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0018597
protein coding gene Chr11:73393186-73418816 (-)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0018600
protein coding gene Chr11:71517336-71541636 (-)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0018413
protein coding gene Chr11:73342237-73372713 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0019051
protein coding gene Chr11:76241174-76265509 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0016694
protein coding gene Chr11:68024067-68047522 (-)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0017968
protein coding gene Chr11:73729808-73753425 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0018385
protein coding gene Chr11:79599361-79626003 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0018494
protein coding gene Chr11:70840958-70865369 (-)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0018485
protein coding gene Chr11:70388110-70412277 (-)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0018565
protein coding gene Chr11:74506815-74532089 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0018508
protein coding gene Chr11:80107548-80135636 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0019093
protein coding gene Chr11:73570148-73594541 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0017741
protein coding gene Chr11:71487278-71512243 (-)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0017531
protein coding gene Chr11:73292866-73318110 (-)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0018022
protein coding gene Chr11:73330877-73356408 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    ASPA, aspartoacylase
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    ASPA, aspartoacylase
  • Synonyms
    ACY2, ASP
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 443
    neXtProt AC: NX_P45381
    UniProt: P45381

  • Chr Location
    17p13.2; chr17:3472374-3503405 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Aspa mouse models; 1 with human ASPA associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
View 5 models
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    4 with disease annotations
  • References
    7 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    63 phenotypes from 6 alleles in 7 genetic backgrounds
    19 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    4 images
    46 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygous null mutants have spongy degeneration of the brain, enlarged heads, and decreased life spans and display metal retardation and impaired coordination. Additionally, mice homozygous for an ENU-induced mutation also exhibit hearing impairment.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 11484 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 21865 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NR_184440 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1683 C57BL/6  
    polypeptide Q8R3P0 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 312 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 26
      cDNA 25
      Primer pair 1

      Microarray probesets 3
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-1100, MGD-MRK-1102, MGI:2671359
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 87
      Developmental Gene Expression 6
      Diseases 7
      Gene Ontology 12
      Phenotypes 46
    • Earliest
      J:137335 Roderick TH, Chromosomal inversions in studies of mammalian mutagenesis. Genetics. 1979 May;92(1 Pt 1 Suppl):s121-6
    • Latest
      J:349783 Hull VL, et al., Astroglial conditional Slc13a3 knockout is therapeutic in murine Canavan leukodystrophy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024 Apr;11(4):1059-1062

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    last database update
    10/22/2024
    MGI 6.24
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