Description
Glucokinase; catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose at C6 in the first irreversible step of glucose metabolism; one of three glucose phosphorylating enzymes; expression regulated by non-fermentable carbon sources; GLK1 has a paralog, EMI2, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000545]
Gene Synonyms
HOR3
Location
Chromosome III: 50,838-52,340 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006937.2
About this gene
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 1064 orthologues and 4 paralogues.
Transcripts
