Mus musculus Protein: Gk2
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-182224.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Gk2
Protein Name glycerol kinase 2
Synonyms Gk-rs2; GKTA;
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Protein ENSMUSP00000052226
InnateDB Gene IDBG-182222 (Gk2)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Key enzyme in the regulation of glycerol uptake and metabolism.
Subcellular Localization Mitochondrion outer membrane {ECO:0000250}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}; Cytoplasmic side {ECO:0000250}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}. Note=In sperm the majority of the enzyme is bound to mitochondria. {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0004370 glycerol kinase activity
GO:0005524 ATP binding
GO:0016773 phosphotransferase activity, alcohol group as acceptor
Biological Process
GO:0005975 carbohydrate metabolic process
GO:0006072 glycerol-3-phosphate metabolic process
GO:0016310 phosphorylation
GO:0019563 glycerol catabolic process
Cellular Component
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
GO:0005741 mitochondrial outer membrane
GO:0070062 extracellular vesicular exosome
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID MGI:1329027
InterPro IPR005999 Glycerol kinase
IPR018484 Carbohydrate kinase, FGGY, N-terminal
IPR018485 Carbohydrate kinase, FGGY, C-terminal
PFAM PF00370
PF02782
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9WU65
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q9WU65
TrEMBL Q8BW08
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 14626
UniGene Mm.61206
RefSeq NP_034424
MGI ID
MGI Symbol Gk2
OMIM
CCDS CCDS19454
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AF117734 AK075761 BC050764 BC061147
GenPept AAD24551 AAH50764 AAH61147 BAC35939