Entrez gene ID | | 2710 |
Official gene symbol | | GK |
Full name | | glycerol kinase |
Aliases | | ,GK1,GKD, |
Gene summary | | The product of this gene belongs to the FGGY kinase family of proteins and encodes glycerol kinase. Glycerol kinase 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. Defects in this gene are the cause of glycerol kinase deficiency (GKD). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: X Locus: Xp21.3 |
Gene position | | 30671476 - 30749579 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 77250 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 300474 |
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