UniProt functional annotation for D3KVM3

UniProt code: D3KVM3.

Organism: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Discoba; Euglenozoa; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Trypanosomatida; Trypanosomatidae; Trypanosoma.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + glycerol = ADP + H(+) + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21644, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:17754, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:57597, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.1.30; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001373};
Pathway: Polyol metabolism; glycerol degradation. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00004745}.
Pathway: Polyol metabolism; glycerol degradation via glycerol kinase pathway; sn-glycerol 3-phosphate from glycerol: step 1/1. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00005190}.
Similarity: Belongs to the FGGY kinase family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00009156, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU003733}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.