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Choline kinase from yeast.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 4 Sept 1997
Yamashita S, Hosaka K
Abstract excerpt
Choline kinase, the initial enzyme of the CDP-choline pathway, mediates the conversion of choline to phosphorylcholine and is localized in the supernatant fraction of cells. The enzyme also catalyzes the phosphorylation of ethanolamine, functioning as the initial enzyme of the CDP-ethanolamine pathway as well. Yeast choline kinase is encoded by a single structural gene, CKI, which was cloned by the genetic...
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