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glycerol kinase activity

Known as: glycerokinase activity, glyceric kinase activity, glycerol kinase (phosphorylating) 
Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + glycerol = sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + ADP + 2 H(+). [EC:2.7.1.30, RHEA:21647]
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GK geneGlycerol Kinase

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2014
2014
Content of plasmatic glycerol and activity of hepatic glycerol kinase in broiler chickens fed diets containing different sources and concentrations of glycerine.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of three sources of glycerine (crude glycerine from soya bean oil - CGSO… 
2003
2003
Control of glyceroneogenic activity in rat brown adipose tissue.
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) glyceroneogenesis was evaluated in rats either fasted for 48 h or with streptozotocin-diabetes induced… 
1984
1984
Liver glycerokinase deficiency in man with hyperglycerolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia
Abstract. Hyperglycerolaemia and glyceroluria is described in a patient who presented transient dietary‐induced… 
1984
1984
Glycerokinase activity in human adipose tissue as related to obesity.
The activity of the enzyme glycerokinase is low in mammalian adipose tissue, but high in certain forms of genetic obesity in rats… 
1976
1976
Mitochondrial glycerol kinase activity in rat brain.
Glycerol kinase activity was found in the particulate fraction of rat brain homogenates predominantly associated with… 
1976
1976
Hyperinsulinemia and Fat Cell Glycerokinase Activity in Obese (ob/ob) and Diabetic (db/db) Mice
  • S. ThenenJ. Mayer
  • Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und…
  • 1976
  • Corpus ID: 39404498
Significant increases in glycerokinase activity were found in homogenates of isolated epididymal fat cells of ob/ob (P < 0.01… 
1975
1975
Adipose Tissue Glycerokinase Activity in Genetic and Acquired Obesity in Rats and Mice 1
  • S. ThenenJ. Mayer
  • Proceedings of the Society for Experimental…
  • 1975
  • Corpus ID: 26655763
Summary Glycerokinase activity in isolated fat cells was elevated in both Ob/Ob and Db/Db mice in comparison to their lean… 
1973
1973
Effects of feeding and exercise regimens on adipose tissue glycerokinase activity and body composition of lean and obese mice.
1969
1969
Metabolism of D- and L-glyceraldehyde in adipose tissue: a stereochemical probe for glycerokinase activity.
Distributions of (14)C have been determined in free glycerol, in glycerol from triglycerides, in glucose from glycogen, and in… 
1968
1968
Alternation of glycerokinase activity in rat liver in different nutritional and hormonal states.
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