GK
glycerol kinase | GK1, GKD

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the FGGY kinase family. This protein is a key enzyme in the regulation of glycerol uptake and metabolism. It catalyzes the phosphorylation of glycerol by ATP, yielding ADP and glycerol-3-phosphate. Mutations in this gene are associated with glycerol kinase deficiency (GKD). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]

Developmental clusters: GC4
Biological processes 30 terms
Expression (TPM)
GK — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GK 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GK. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = GK upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to GK

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GK, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chrX:30,652,478–30,654,092 140 bp At TSS Multiome 671
chrX:30,888,496–30,889,932 236.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 726

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GK locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chrX:30,642,478 – 30,899,932
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq