ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase (phosphorylethanolamine transferase, CTP:phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase, PCYT2)

Function

• phospholipid biosynthesis
• CDP-ethanolamine synthesis, 2nd step

CTP + ethanolamine phosphate <--> diphosphate + CDP-ethanolamine

Structure

• belongs to the cytidylyltransferase family

Expression

• strongest expression in liver, heart, skeletal muscle

More general terms

• nucleotidyltransferase

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602679
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q99447.html