NAGK, Official Symbol NAGKprovided by HGNC Official Full Name N-acetylglucosamine kinaseprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:17174 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000124357 MIM:606828; AllianceGenome:HGNC:17174 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as GNK; HSA242910 Summary This gene encodes a member of the N-acetylhexosamine kinase family. The encoded protein catalyzes the conversion of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate, and is the major mammalian enzyme which recovers amino sugars. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011] Expression Ubiquitous expression in spleen (RPKM 27.6), esophagus (RPKM 26.3) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all