Primary Identifier | MGI:1918586 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 5 | NCBI Gene Number | 71336 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables ribokinase activity. Involved in pentose-phosphate shunt. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Is expressed in cerebral cortex; heart; and liver. Orthologous to human RBKS (ribokinase). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele are viable, fertile and overtly normal but show enhanced gut motility due to disrupted ribose homeostasis. [provided by MGI curators] |