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GAA (NM_001079804) - glucosidase alpha, acid

Lysosomal Alpha-Glucosidase Preproprotein

Mutations Visualisation

Protein summary

This is an alternative isoform of GAA protein. View all 3 isoforms
GAA: lysosomal alpha-glucosidase preproprotein
Description:

This gene encodes lysosomal alpha-glucosidase, which is essential for the degradation of glycogen to glucose in lysosomes. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate multiple intermediate forms and the mature form of the enzyme. Defects in this gene are the cause of glycogen storage disease II, also known as Pompe's disease, which is an autosomal recessive disorder with a broad clinical spectrum. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016].

Strand
+
Chromosome
17
Protein
952 residues
All mutations
528
PTM sites
14
CDS
78,078,385 - 78,093,130
Transcription
78,075,354 - 78,093,679
6.93% of sequence is predicted to be disordered

External references

Mappings retrieved from NCBI & UniProt.
RefSeq
Entrez
gene: 2548
UniProt
Ensembl