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ASNS asparagine synthetase (glutamine-hydrolyzing)

ENSG00000070669 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Catalyzes the ATP-dependent synthesis of L-asparagine from L- aspartate, using L-glutamine as a source of nitrogen (PubMed:2564390, PubMed:2573597). Can also use ammonia as the nitrogen source in vitro (PubMed:2564390, PubMed:2573597). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2564390, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2573597}.

In 1 of 15 cancers, the evidence for ASNS comes mainly from inherited variants

Each row is a cancer, strongest overall evidence first. The two dots show how strong the inherited (germline) and tumour-mutation (somatic) evidence is; the line between them is the gap.

Inherited (germline) variantsMutations in tumours (somatic)
00.250.50.751colorectal carcinomacolorectal carcinomahepatocellular carcinomahepatocellular carcinomaosteosarcomaosteosarcomaacute lymphoblastic leukemiaacute lymphoblastic leukemiaacute myeloid leukemiaacute myeloid leukemiacentral nervous system cancercentral nervous system cancercentral nervous system cancer: germline 0.14melanomamelanomasmall cell lung carcinomasmall cell lung carcinomatriple-negative breast carcinomatriple-negative breast carcinomasarcomasarcomagastric cancergastric canceresophageal squamous cell carcinomaesophageal squamous cell carcinomacolonic neoplasmcolonic neoplasmmalignant colon neoplasmmalignant colon neoplasmnonpapillary renal cell carcinomanonpapillary renal cell carcinoma

Scores run from 0 (no evidence) to 1 (strongest). A missing dot at 0 means Open Targets holds no evidence of that kind. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

Tractability

Small molecule
Structure with Ligand, High-Quality Ligand
PROTAC
Database Ubiquitination, Half-life Data, Small Molecule Binder

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.5910000205039978 (upper bound 0.7774900197982788). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.

Who runs trials of these drugs

No named investigators on registry trials of ASNS's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of ASNS's drugs are registered

All 0 drugs and clinical candidates as a table

Each drug, stage and indication links to its Open Targets record, where the trials and approvals behind it are listed. Salt forms (for example a mesylate) are listed as Open Targets records them, as separate entries.

DrugTypeHighest stageIndicationsSource records
No drugs or clinical candidates recorded.