TKT
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: TKT
- Official Name: transketolase
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 7086
- UniProt: P29401
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez 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].
- UniProt Summary: Catalyzes the transfer of a two-carbon ketol group from a ketose donor to an aldose acceptor, via a covalent intermediate with the cofactor thiamine pyrophosphate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27259054}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 129
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 8.98