glycerol kinase 3; GK 3; glycerokinase 3; ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase 3; glycerol kinase, testis specific 1 (GK3P, GKP3, GKTB)

Function

• key enzyme in the regulation of glycerol uptake & metabolism
• polyol metabolism; glycerol degradation via glycerol kinase pathway; sn-glycerol 3-phosphate from glycerol: step 1/1

ATP + glycerol = ADP + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate

Structure

• belongs to the FGGY kinase family

Compartment

• mitochondrial outer membrane
• peripheral membrane; cytoplasmic side (putative)
• cytoplasm
• in sperm, the majority of the enzyme is bound to mitochondria (putative)

Notes

• could be the product of a pseudogene

More general terms

• glycerol kinase
• mitochondrial protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600149
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q14409.html