TKTL2
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: TKTL2
- Official Name: transketolase like 2
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 84076
- UniProt: Q9H0I9
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: N/A
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- 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}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 14811
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -6.6