ethanolamine kinase 2; EKI 2; ethanolamine kinase-like protein (ETNK2, EKI2, HMFT1716)

Function

• highly specific for ethanolamine phosphorylation
• does not have choline kinase activity (putative)
• phospholipid metabolism; phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis; phosphatidylethanolamine from ethanolamine: step 1/3

ATP + ethanolamine = ADP + O-phosphoethanolamine

Structure

belongs to the choline/ethanolamine kinase family

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

• expressed in kidney, liver, ovary, testis & prostate

More general terms

• kinase or ATP-phosphotransferase

Additional terms

• ethanolamine kinase

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=55224
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:55224
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/609859
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NVF9.html