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Literature summary for 3.5.1.15 extracted from

  • Kumar, S.; Biancotti, J.C.; Matalon, R.; de Vellis, J.
    Lack of aspartoacylase activity disrupts survival and differentiation of neural progenitors and oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Canavan disease (2009), J. Neurosci. Res., 87, 3415-3427.
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Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information knockout of aspartoacylase activity leads to sponginess and loss of white matter in Canavan disease, and to increased expression/activity of cdk2, NCAM, nestin, vimentin, and NG2. Differentiation of neuronal progenitor cells is arrested, phenotype, overview Mus musculus

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
cytosol
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Mus musculus 5829
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nucleus
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Mus musculus 5634
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Mus musculus
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
brain expression of full-length ASPA at embryonic day 12.5, when oligodendrocyte progenitors first appear during development Mus musculus
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cerebral white matter
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Mus musculus
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oligodendrocyte ASPA is an oligodendrocyte-specific enzyme, most active in immature oligodendrocytes Mus musculus
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
ASPA
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Mus musculus

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
additional information lack of aspartoacylase activity disrupts survival and differentiation of neural progenitors and oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Canavan disease. ASPA knockout leads to degeneration of white matter Mus musculus