Glycerol kinase
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Glycerol kinase, encoded by the gene GK, is a phosphotransferase enzyme involved in triglycerides and glycerophospholipids synthesis.
Glycerol kinase catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate from ATP to glycerol thus forming glycerol 3-phosphate:
- ATP + glycerol <=> ADP + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate
Adipocytes lack glycerol kinase so they cannot metabolize the glycerol produced during triacyl glycerol degradation. This glycerol is instead shuttled to the liver via the blood where it is:
- Phosphorylated by glycerol kinase to glycerol 3-phosphate.
- Converted from glycerol 3-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) via glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. DHAP can participate in glycolysis or gluconeogenesis.
Enzyme regulation
This protein may use the morpheein model of allosteric regulation.[1]
Structure
Glycerol Kinase (alternative name, ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase or Glycerokinase) adopts a ribonuclease H-like fold consisting of an alpha-beta 2-layer sandwich of CATH family 3.30.420.40. As of March 2010[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were 20 structures of this protein in the PDB, most of which are homodimeric.
See also
External links
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References
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