Entrez gene ID | | 7086 |
Official gene symbol | | TKT |
Full name | | transketolase |
Aliases | | ,FLJ34765,TKT1, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes a thiamine-dependent enzyme which plays a role in the channeling of excess sugar phosphates to glycolysis in the pentose phosphate pathway. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 3 Locus: 3p14.3 |
Gene position | | 53290068 - 53258723 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 31346 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 606781 |
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