The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthase across different species:

N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase (NANS)

Other aliases include:

SAS

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthase:

N-acetylneuraminic acid phosphate synthase – sialic acid synthase – sialic acid phosphate synthase

N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthase fulfills a number of functions:

N-acetylneuraminate synthase activity – N-acetylneuraminic acid phosphate synthase activity – N-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase activity – N-acylneuraminate-9-phosphate synthase activity – transferase activity

N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthase is relevant to the following processes:

carbohydrate biosynthetic process – lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process – metabolic process

Locations for N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthase:

cytoplasm – cytosol

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology