Type: | Family | Name: | Glycerol kinase |
Description: | Glycerol kinase () is a bacterial sugar kinase which catalyzes the Mg-ATP-dependent phosphorylation of glycerol to yield glycerol 3-phosphate. The enzyme from Escherichia coliis an allosteric regulatory enzyme whose activity is inhibited by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) and the glucose-specific phosphocarrier of the phosphoenolpyruvate:glycose phosphotransferase system, IIA(Glc), structural studies suggest a nucleophilic in-line transfer mechanism for the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of glycerol by glycerol kinase []. | Short Name: | Glycerol_kin |