Homo sapiens Gene: GK2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-26377.5
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol GK2
Gene Name glycerol kinase 2
Synonyms GKP2; GKTA
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000196475
Encoded Proteins
glycerol kinase 2
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary Currently no Entrez Summary Available. You might want to check the Summary Sections of the Orthologs.
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 4:79406352-79408293
Strand Reverse strand
Band q21.21
Transcripts
ENST00000358842 ENSP00000351706
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
Orthologs
No orthologs found for this gene
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Triglyceride Biosynthesis pathway
Fatty acid, triacylglycerol, and ketone body metabolism pathway
Metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins pathway
Metabolism pathway
KEGG
PPAR signaling pathway pathway
Glycerolipid metabolism pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt Q14410
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 2712
UniGene Hs.98008
RefSeq NM_033214
HUGO HGNC:4291
OMIM
CCDS CCDS3585
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AK292241 BC029820 BC048274 BC058888 CH471057 X78712
GenPept AAH29820 AAH48274 AAH58888 BAF84930 CAA55365 EAX05842
RNA Seq Atlas 2712