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Choline Kinase (ChoK). The ChoK subfamily is part of a larger superfamily that includes the catalytic domains of other kinases, such as the typical serine/threonine/tyrosine protein kinases (PKs), RIO kinases, actin-fragmin kinase (AFK), and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). It is composed of bacterial and eukaryotic choline kinases, as well as eukaryotic ethanolamine kinase. ChoK catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP (or CTP) to its substrate, choline, producing phosphorylcholine (PCho), a precursor to the biosynthesis of two major membrane phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine (PC), and sphingomyelin (SM). Although choline is the preferred substrate, ChoK also shows substantial activity towards ethanolamine and its N-methylated derivatives. Bacterial ChoK is also referred to as licA protein. ETNK catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from CTP to ethanolamine (Etn), the first step in the CDP-Etn pathway for the formation of the major phospholipid, phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn). Unlike ChoK, ETNK shows specific activity for its substrate and displays negligible activity towards N-methylated derivatives of Etn. ChoK plays an important role in cell signaling pathways and the regulation of cell growth.
No pairwise interactions are available for this conserved domain.
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