TPK1
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: TPK1
- Official Name: thiamin pyrophosphokinase 1
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 27010
- UniProt: Q9H3S4
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a protein, that exists as a homodimer, which catalyzes the conversion of thiamine to thiamine pyrophosphate. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
- UniProt Summary: Catalyzes the phosphorylation of thiamine to thiamine pyrophosphate. Can also catalyze the phosphorylation of pyrithiamine to pyrithiamine pyrophosphate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11342111}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 870
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 2.95