Details of Epigenetic Molecule(EM)

General Information of EM (ID: EM12111)
  Official Symbol
HEXA
  Official Full Name
Hexosaminidase Subunit Alpha
  Synonym
Hexosaminidase Subunit Alpha;N-Acetyl-Beta-Glucosaminidase Subunit Alpha;Beta-Hexosaminidase Subunit Alpha;Hexosaminidase A (Alpha Polypeptide);Tay Sachs Disease;EC 3.2.1;TSD;Tay Sachs Disease
  Molecule Type
Protein coding
  Position On Chromosome
chr15(Start:72340924 - End:72376420)
  Strand
-
  Uniprot Entry
P06865 
  ENSG ID
ENSG00000213614 
    Disease Relevance (Click to Show/Hide)
         8A00: Parkinsonism Parkinson's disease (PD) [Parkinsonism]
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         8A01: Choreiform disorders Huntington's disease (HD) [Choreiform disorders]
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         8A20: Alzheimer disease Alzheimer's disease [Alzheimer disease]
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         CB03: Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) [Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis]
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         XH5QN3: Nephroblastoma Wilms tumor [Nephroblastoma]
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Metabolite(s) with this epigenetic modification
  Metabolite Name: Valerate
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     Description
Valerate has been shown to hypermethylate HEXA CpG site in breast cancer cells.

References
1 Valerian and valeric acid inhibit growth of breast cancer cells possibly by mediating epigenetic modifications. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 28;11(1):2519. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81620-x.
2 Gut Microbiota as Important Mediator Between Diet and DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications in the Host. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 25;12(3):597. doi: 10.3390/nu12030597.

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