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Entrez GeneID

GeneBank Accession#

Protein Accession#

Gene Name

CKMT2

Gene Alias

SMTCK

Gene Description

creatine kinase, mitochondrial 2 (sarcomeric)

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

Mitochondrial creatine kinase (MtCK) is responsible for the transfer of high energy phosphate from mitochondria to the cytosolic carrier, creatine. It belongs to the creatine kinase isoenzyme family. It exists as two isoenzymes, sarcomeric MtCK and ubiquitous MtCK, encoded by separate genes. Mitochondrial creatine kinase occurs in two different oligomeric forms: dimers and octamers, in contrast to the exclusively dimeric cytosolic creatine kinase isoenzymes. Sarcomeric mitochondrial creatine kinase has 80% homology with the coding exons of ubiquitous mitochondrial creatine kinase. This gene contains sequences homologous to several motifs that are shared among some nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins and thus may be essential for the coordinated activation of these genes during mitochondrial biogenesis. Three transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

OTTHUMP00000147542|basic-type mitochondrial creatine kinase|sarcomeric mitochondrial creatine kinase