"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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