Gene description for GK
Gene name glycerol kinase
Gene symbol GK
Other names/aliases -
Species Bos taurus
 Database cross references - GK
ExoCarta ExoCarta_505987
Entrez Gene 505987
UniProt Q0IID9  
 GK identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Milk 23459212    
 Gene ontology annotations for GK
Molecular Function
    ATP binding GO:0005524 IEA
    glycerol kinase activity GO:0004370 IBA
Biological Process
    phosphorylation GO:0016310 IBA
    triglyceride metabolic process GO:0006641 IBA
    glycerol metabolic process GO:0006071 IBA
    glycerol catabolic process GO:0019563 IEA
    glycerol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process GO:0046167 IBA
Subcellular Localization
    mitochondrion GO:0005739 IBA
    mitochondrial outer membrane GO:0005741 IEA
    cytoplasm GO:0005737 IBA
 Experiment description of studies that identified GK in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 213
ISEV standards
✘ EV Biophysical techniques
✘ EV Cytosolic markers
✘ EV Membrane markers
✘ EV Negative markers
✘ EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 23459212    
Organism Bos taurus
Experiment description Bovine milk proteome: Quantitative changes in normal milk exosomes, milk fat globule membranes and whey proteomes resulting from Staphylococcus aureus mastitis.
Authors Reinhardt TA, Sacco RE, Nonnecke BJ, Lippolis JD.
Journal name J Proteomics
Publication year 2013
Sample Milk
Sample name Staphylococcus aureus-infected-Milk
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Ultracentrifugation
Filtration
Sucrose density gradient
FACS
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for GK
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which GK is involved
PathwayEvidenceSource
Triglyceride Biosynthesis IEA Reactome





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