UniProt Summary: Plays an essential role in total transketolase activity and cell proliferation in cancer cells; after transfection with anti-TKTL1 siRNA, total transketolase activity dramatically decreases and proliferation was significantly inhibited in cancer cells. Plays a pivotal role in carcinogenesis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17321041}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
E1 dh
Transket pyr
Transketolase C
Transketolase N
GO Terms
transketolase activity
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)