Entrez gene ID | | 2585 |
Official gene symbol | | GALK2 |
Full name | | galactokinase 2 |
Aliases | | ,GK2,MGC1745, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes a highly efficient N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) kinase, which has galactokinase activity when galactose is present at high concentrations. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 15 Locus: 15q21.1-q21.2 |
Gene position | | 49447976 - 49622002 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 174027 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 137028 |
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