InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Mus musculus Protein: Gyk

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-252728.6

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

Gyk

Protein Name

glycerol kinase

Synonyms

D930012N15Rik; GK;

Species

Mus musculus

Ensembl Protein

ENSMUSP00000109611

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-158822 (Gyk)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Key enzyme in the regulation of glycerol uptake and metabolism. {ECO:0000250}.

Subcellular Localization

Mitochondrion outer membrane {ECO:0000250}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}; Cytoplasmic side {ECO:0000250}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}. Note=Bound to the mitochondrial surface or cytoplasmic. {ECO:0000250}.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 4 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 11 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	4 [view]
Protein-Protein	4 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	11 [view]

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:0006071	glycerol metabolic process
GO:0006072	glycerol-3-phosphate metabolic process
GO:0006641	triglyceride metabolic process
GO:0016310	phosphorylation
GO:0019563	glycerol catabolic process
GO:0042593	glucose homeostasis
GO:0046167	glycerol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process