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NAGK

Gene

N-acetylglucosamine kinase

HGNCHGNC:17174EnsemblENSG00000124357NCBI Gene55577
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 2p13.3

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asGNK
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Alias symbolsGNK
Alias namesGlcNAc kinase

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Neurodegenerative Diseases
MODY
Neoplasms
Diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal, 3
Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus
Glioblastoma

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2025-10-29.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.