DGKE, Official Symbol DGKEprovided by HGNC Official Full Name diacylglycerol kinase epsilonprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:2852 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000153933 MIM:601440; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2852 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 DGK; AHUS7; DAGK5; DAGK6; NPHS7 Summary Diacylglycerol kinases are thought to be involved mainly in the regeneration of phosphatidylinositol (PI) from diacylglycerol in the PI-cycle during cell signal transduction. When expressed in mammalian cells, DGK-epsilon shows specificity for arachidonyl-containing diacylglycerol. DGK-epsilon is expressed predominantly in testis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 3.8), spleen (RPKM 3.2) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all