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Official Full Name: N-acetylneuraminate pyruvate lyase
Also known as: NAL; C112; NPL1; C1orf13
This gene encodes a member of the (β/α)(8) barrel enzyme N-acetylneuraminic acid lyase subfamily. N-acetylneuraminidase regulates the intracellular concentration of N-acetylneuraminic acid (sialic acid) by mediating the reversible conversion of sialic acid to N-acetylmannamide and pyruvate. A pseudogene of this gene is located on the short arm of chromosome 2. Alternative splicing transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene.