LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association: Non-significant
Population: Spanish
Study Design: The enzymatic polymorphism was examined in 41 nonagenarians (10 males, mean age 92.2 years, range 90-98) free of known malignancies or neurodegenerative diseases and in control groups comprised of 217 healthy volunteers (128 males, mean age 36.3 years)
Conclusions: No association with longevity was found

HGNC symbol: NAT2
Aliases: AAC2; PNAT; NAT-2
Common name: N-acetyltransferase 2
Description: This gene encodes an enzyme that functions to both activate and deactivate arylamine and hydrazine drugs and carcinogens. Polymorphisms in this gene are responsible for the N-acetylation polymorphism in which human populations segregate into rapid, intermediate, and slow acetylator phenotypes. Polymorphisms in this gene are also associated with higher incidences of cancer and drug toxicity. A second arylamine N-acetyltransferase gene (NAT1) is located near this gene (NAT2). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Other longevity studies of this gene: 6
OMIM: 612182
Ensembl: ENSG00000156006
UniProt/Swiss-Prot: A4Z6T7_HUMAN
Entrez Gene: 10
UniGene: 2
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