Protein Name transketolase
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 7086
Gene Symbol

TKT

UniProt P29401 (TKT_HUMAN), V9HWD9 (V9HWD9_HUMAN), A0A0B4J1R6 (A0A0B4J1R6_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 256
Total Number of Articles : 370
Description

transketolase

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. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

synonyms
  • transketolase
  • epididymis luminal protein 107
  • epididymis secretory protein Li 48
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