GK (glycerol kinase)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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2710 |
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Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Glycerol kinase |
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Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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GK |
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Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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GK1, GKD |
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Chromosome
Chromosome number
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X |
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Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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Xp21.2 |
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Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the FGGY kinase family. This protein is a key enzyme in the regulation of glycerol uptake and metabolism. It catalyzes the phosphorylation of glycerol by ATP, yielding ADP and glycerol-3-phosphate. Mutations in |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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| Protein | ||||||||||||||||
| UniProt ID | P32189 | |||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Glycerol kinase (Glycerokinase) (EC 2.7.1.30) (ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase) | |||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Kinase that plays a key role in glycerol metabolism, catalyzing its phosphorylation to produce sn-glycerol 3-phosphate. Sn-glycerol 3-phosphate is a crucial intermediate in various metabolic pathways, such as the synthesis of glycerolipids and t | |||||||||||||||
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Pfam
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 2]: Widely expressed in fetal and adult tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15845384}.; TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 3]: Widely expressed in fetal and adult tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15845384}.; TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 4]: Th | |||||||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 559 | |||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | |||||||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
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