GK report

I. Expression across cell types

II. Expression across tissues

III. Associated gene sets

GO_0006071Biological processglycerol metabolic process
GO_0019432Biological processtriglyceride biosynthetic process
GO_0016310Biological processphosphorylation
GO_0006641Biological processtriglyceride metabolic process
GO_0019563Biological processglycerol catabolic process
GO_0046167Biological processglycerol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process
GO_0005741Cellular componentmitochondrial outer membrane
GO_0070062Cellular componentextracellular exosome
GO_0005829Cellular componentcytosol
GO_0005739Cellular componentmitochondrion
GO_0005634Cellular componentnucleus
GO_0005515Molecular functionprotein binding
GO_0004370Molecular functionglycerol kinase activity
GO_0046872Molecular functionmetal ion binding
GO_0005524Molecular functionATP binding

IV. Literature review

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Gene nameGK
Protein nameGlycerol kinase
glycerol kinase (EC 2.7.1.30)
Glycerol kinase (Glycerokinase) (EC 2.7.1.30) (ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase)
Synonyms
DescriptionFUNCTION: 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 triglycerides, glycogenesis, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. .

AccessionsENST00000692461.1
H7C5F6
F8WDA9
ENST00000487652.5
ENST00000378945.7 [P32189-1]
ENST00000378943.7 [P32189-2]
ENST00000427190.6 [P32189-3]
ENST00000378941.4
A6NP46
P32189
A0A8I5KXY7
F8WC39
ENST00000378938.1
H7BYD2
ENST00000481024.5
ENST00000488296.1
ENST00000471362.5
F8WBI8
ENST00000479048.6
ENST00000378946.7 [P32189-4]
F8WF44