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Gene Information

Gene symbol: NAGK

Gene name: N-acetylglucosamine kinase

HGNC ID: 17174

Synonyms: GNK

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 GCK 1 hits
2 PKLR 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 6089734 The effect of dietary and hormonal variations on the specific activities of hexokinase isoenzymes, N-acetylglucosamine kinase and pyruvate kinase isoenzymes in parenchymal and non-parenchymal liver cells was studied.
2 9468341 The high activity of hexokinase III in human liver (approximately 50% of the low-Km activity and 70% of glucokinase activity) results in a significant underestimation of glucokinase activity as determined by the conventional spectrometric assay while the activity of N-acetylglucosamine kinase may contribute to an overestimation of glucokinase activity in the radiochemical assay.