This gene encodes the first and rate-limiting enzyme of the hexosamine pathway and controls the flux of glucose into the hexosamine pathway. The product of this gene catalyzes the formation of glucosamine 6-phosphate. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
0.00
Gscore (Del):
0.00
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.04
Recurrently mutated in 1 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
8
Fusions detected in 7 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
Functional class:
Enzyme
JensenLab PubMed score:
584.18 (Percentile rank: 91.98%)
PubTator score:
148.57 (Percentile rank: 82.63%)
Target development/druggability level:
TchemThese targets have activities in ChEMBL or DrugCentral that satisfy the activity thresholds detailed below.
Tractability (small molecule):
Discovery PrecedenceTargets with ligands; Targets with crystal structures with ligands