TKT, Official Symbol TKTprovided by HGNC Official Full Name transketolaseprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:11834 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000163931 MIM:606781; AllianceGenome:HGNC:11834 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as TK; TKT1; SDDHD; HEL107; HEL-S-48 Summary This gene encodes a thiamine-dependent enzyme which plays a role in the channeling of excess sugar phosphates to glycolysis in the pentose phosphate pathway. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012] Expression Broad expression in bone marrow (RPKM 210.7), fat (RPKM 83.0) and 22 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all