Choline/ethanolamine kinase family
| Choline_kinase | |||||||||
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 crystal structure of choline kinase | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Choline_kinase | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF01633 | ||||||||
| Pfam clan | CL0016 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR002573 | ||||||||
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In molecular biology, the choline/ethanolamine kinase family includes choline kinase(EC 2.7.1.32) and ethanolamine kinase (EC 2.7.1.82).
Ethanolamine and choline are major membrane phospholipids, in the form of glycerophosphoethanolamine and glycerophosphocholine. Ethanolamine is also a component of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor, which is necessary for cell-surface protein attachment.[1] The de novo synthesis of these phospholipids begins with the creation of phosphoethanolamine and phosphocholine by ethanolamine and choline kinases in the first step of the CDP-ethanolamine pathway.[2][3] There are two putative choline/ethanolamine kinases (C/EKs) in the Trypanosoma brucei genome.
Ethanolamine kinase has no choline kinase activity [1] and its activity is inhibited by ADP.[3] Inositol supplementation represses ethanolamine kinase, decreasing the incorporation of ethanolamine into the CDP-ethanolamine pathway and into phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gibellini F, Hunter WN, Smith TK (October 2008). "Biochemical characterization of the initial steps of the Kennedy pathway in Trypanosoma brucei: the ethanolamine and choline kinases". Biochem. J. 415 (1): 135–44. doi:10.1042/BJ20080435. PMC 2552378. PMID 18489261.
- ^ Tian Y, Jackson P, Gunter C, Wang J, Rock CO, Jackowski S (September 2006). "Placental thrombosis and spontaneous fetal death in mice deficient in ethanolamine kinase 2". J. Biol. Chem. 281 (38): 28438–49. doi:10.1074/jbc.M605861200. PMID 16861741.
- ^ a b Kim KH, Voelker DR, Flocco MT, Carman GM (March 1998). "Expression, purification, and characterization of choline kinase, product of the CKI gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (12): 6844–52. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.12.6844. PMID 9506987.
- ^ Kersting MC, Choi HS, Carman GM (August 2004). "Regulation of the yeast EKI1-encoded ethanolamine kinase by inositol and choline". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (34): 35353–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M405704200. PMID 15201274.