ERGR - Ethanol-Related Gene Resource

Gene Information

Gene ID:

Symbol:

Aspa

Full Name:

aspartoacylase

Alias:

MGC93407|MGC93408

Organism:

Rattus norvegicus (Rat)

Chromosome:

Physical Location:

60178508-60199206 on NC_005109.2, complement

Gene Type:

protein-coding

Human Ortholog:

GeneID: 443 Symbol (Name): ASPA (aspartoacylase (Canavan disease))

Ortholog Status:

The human GeneID 443 is not in current human dataset.

Gene in Ethanol Study Datasets

Gene Information

Original ID1:		Aspa
Fold Change:		1.12
P Value:		0.01
Note:		Differential expression between ethanol and saccharin groups in nucleus accumbens

Dataset Information

Name:		18405950
Method:		Microarray
Tissue:		Nucleus accumbens and amygdala
Phenotype:		Ethanol self-administration, alcohol-preferring
Publication:		Rodd et al. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. (2008) Differential gene expression in the nucleus accumbens with ethanol self-administration in inbred alcohol-preferring rats. PubMed
Summary:		The current study examined the effects of operant ethanol (EtOH) self-administration on gene expression kin the nucleus accumbens (ACB) and amygdala (AMYG) of inbred alcohol-preferring (iP) rats. Rats self-trained on a standard two-lever operant paradigm to administer either water-water, EtOH (15% v/v)-water, or saccharin (SAC; 0.0125% g/v)-water. For the ACB, there were 513 significant differences at the p < 0.01 level in named genes: 55 between SAC and water; 215 between EtOH and water, and 243 between EtOH and SAC. In the case of the AMYG (p < 0.01), there were 48 between SAC and water, 23 between EtOH and water, and 63 between EtOH and SAC group.

Gene Refseq Sequence Annotation

mRNA	Protein	Reference assembly Genomic
NM_024399.1	NP_077375.1	NC_005109.2 range: 60178508..60199206, complement

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotation

GO ID	GO Term	Category	Evidence (PubMed)
GO:0005634	nucleus	Cellular Component	IDA (16935940)
GO:0005737	cytoplasm	Cellular Component	IDA (16935940)
GO:0016788	hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds	Molecular Function	IEA
GO:0019807	aspartoacylase activity	Molecular Function	IEA
GO:0019807	aspartoacylase activity	Molecular Function	TAS (12524181)
GO:0008152	metabolic process	Biological Process	IEA
GO:0022010	myelination in the central nervous system	Biological Process	IEP (12524181)
GO:0048714	positive regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation	Biological Process	IMP (16634055)