IHPK1
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
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Inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the IP6K1 gene.[5]
External IDsOMIM: 606991; MGI: 1351633; HomoloGene: 56602; GeneCards: IP6K1; OMA:IP6K1 - orthologs
This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the inositol phosphokinase (IPK) family. This protein is likely responsible for the conversion of inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6) to diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (InsP7/PP-InsP5). It may also convert 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate (InsP5) to PP-InsP4. Alternative splicing occurs for this gene; however, the full-length nature of all transcript variants has not yet been described.[5]