Protein Name glycerol kinase 2
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 289481
Gene Symbol

Gk2

UniProt Q68FP7 (Q68FP7_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 24
Total Number of Articles : 17
Description

glycerol kinase 2

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable glycerol kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including glycerol metabolic process; glycerol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process; and triglyceride metabolic process. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial outer membrane. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Orthologous to human GK2 (glycerol kinase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

synonyms
  • glycerol kinase 2
  • glucokinase activity, related sequence 2
  • Gk-rs2
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