Cytosolic L-asparaginase, involved in asparagine catabolism; catalyzes hydrolysis of L-asparagine to aspartic acid and ammonia; important enzyme for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia; has low glutaminase activity and dependence; synthesized constitutively [Source:SGD;Acc:S000002729]
Chromosome IV: 1,108,702-1,109,847 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006938.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 140 orthologues, 9 paralogues and is a member of 1 Ensembl protein family.