Gene

galk2

ID

ZDB-GENE-041114-143

Name

galactokinase 2

Symbol

galk2 Nomenclature History

Previous Names

fb43h07
wu:fb43h07
zgc:101686

Type

protein_coding_gene

Location

Chr: 25 Mapping Details/Browsers

Description

Predicted to enable galactokinase activity. Predicted to be involved in galactose metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within carbohydrate phosphorylation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Orthologous to human GALK2 (galactokinase 2).

Genome Resources

Note

None

Comparative Information

Expression

All Expression Data

1 figure from Thisse et al., 2004

Cross-Species Comparison

High Throughput Data

GEO (1)

Expression Atlas

UO scRNA-seq (UCSC browser)

Single Cell Expression Atlas

Daniocell

Thisse Expression Data

MGC:101686 (1 image)

Wild Type Expression Summary

Phenotype

All Phenotype Data: No data available
Cross-Species Comparison: Alliance

Phenotype Summary

Mutations

Mutants

Sequence Targeting Reagents

Human Disease

Associated With galk2 Human Ortholog

No data available

Associated With galk2 Via Experimental Models

No data available

Gene Ontology

Protein Domains

Domain, Family, and Site Summary

Type	InterPro ID	Name
Conserved_site	IPR006203	GHMP kinase, ATP-binding, conserved site
Conserved_site	IPR019741	Galactokinase, conserved site
Domain	IPR006204	GHMP kinase N-terminal domain
Domain	IPR013750	GHMP kinase, C-terminal domain
Domain	IPR019539	Galactokinase, N-terminal domain
Family	IPR000705	Galactokinase
Family	IPR006206	Mevalonate/galactokinase
Homologous_superfamily	IPR014721	Small ribosomal subunit protein uS5 domain 2-type fold, subgroup
Homologous_superfamily	IPR020568	Ribosomal protein uS5 domain 2-type superfamily
Homologous_superfamily	IPR036554	GHMP kinase, C-terminal domain superfamily