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

N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase (NANS), N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase (Nans), N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase (nans)

Other aliases include:

SAS, MGC84329, NANS, MGC137759

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 – N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase (sialic acid 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 – catalytic 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