CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.420.40
Functional Family Glycerol kinase, glycosomal

Enzyme Information

2.7.1.30
Glycerol kinase.
based on mapping to UniProt D3KVM3
ATP + glycerol = ADP + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate.
-!- Glycerone and L-glyceraldehyde can act as acceptors. -!- UTP (and, in the case of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae enzyme, ITP and GTP) can act as donors.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

D3KVM3
D3KVM3_TRYBG
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Glycerol kinase

PDB Structure

PDB 5AZI
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Glycerol kinase of African trypanosomes possesses an intrinsic phosphatase activity.
Balogun, E.O., Inaoka, D.K., Shiba, T., Tokuoka, S.M., Tokumasu, F., Sakamoto, K., Kido, Y., Michels, P.A.M., Watanabe, Y.I., Harada, S., Kita, K.
Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj