glycerol kinase activity

Term ID

GO:0004370

Synonyms

• ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase activity
• ATP:glycerol-3-phosphotransferase activity
• GK
• glyceric kinase activity
• glycerokinase activity
• glycerol kinase (phosphorylating)

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + glycerol = sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + ADP + 2 H+. 2.7.1.30

References

• EC:2.7.1.30
• KEGG_REACTION:R00847
• MetaCyc:GLYCEROL-KIN-RXN
• RHEA:21644
• Reactome:R-HSA-75887

Ontology

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