"Choline Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that is active in the first step of choline phosphoglyceride (lecithin) biosynthesis by catalyzing the phosphorylation of choline to phosphorylcholine in the presence of ATP. Ethanolamine and its methyl and ethyl derivatives can also act as acceptors. EC 2.7.1.32.
| Descriptor ID |
D002797
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.155
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| Concept/Terms |
Choline Kinase- Choline Kinase
- Kinase, Choline
- Choline Phosphokinase
- Phosphokinase, Choline
- ATP Choline Transphosphatase
- Choline Transphosphatase, ATP
- Transphosphatase, ATP Choline
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Choline Kinase" by people in Profiles.
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Kwee SA, Hernandez B, Chan O, Wong L. Choline kinase alpha and hexokinase-2 protein expression in hepatocellular carcinoma: association with survival. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e46591.