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glutaminase

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Also known as KGA, GDPAG, AAD20, L-glutaminase, IPR015868, CASGID, glutamine aminohydrolase

Glutaminase (, glutaminase I, L-glutaminase, glutamine aminohydrolase) is an amidohydrolase enzyme that generates glutamate from glutamine. Glutaminase has tissue-specific isoenzymes. Glutaminase has an important role in glial cells.

Key facts

Enzyme.Name
glutaminase
Enzyme.EC_number
3.5.1.2
Enzyme.CAS_number
9001-47-2
Enzyme.GO_code
0004359
Enzyme.image
Glutaminase.png
Enzyme.caption
Crystallographic structure of dimeric protein-glutaminase from Chryseobacterium proteolyticum.
Protein family.Symbol
Glutaminase
Protein family.Name
Glutaminase
Protein family.image
PDB 2osu EBI.jpg
Protein family.caption
probable glutaminase from bacillus subtilis complexed with 6-diazo-5-oxo-ʟ-norleucine
Protein family.Pfam
PF04960
Protein family.Pfam_clan
CL0013
Protein family.InterPro
IPR015868
Protein family.SCOP
1mki
Protein.Name
glutaminase 2(liver)
Protein.HGNCid
29570
Protein.Symbol
GLS2
Protein.EntrezGene
27165

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Tissue distribution
  • Regulation
  • Structure
  • Isozymes
  • Related proteins
  • Clinical significance
  • References
  • External links

Glutaminase (, glutaminase I, L-glutaminase, glutamine aminohydrolase) is an amidohydrolase enzyme that generates glutamate from glutamine. Glutaminase has tissue-specific isoenzymes. Glutaminase has an important role in glial cells.

Glutaminase catalyzes the following reaction: Glutamine + → glutamate +

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “glutaminase” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.