The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Choline Kinase alpha across different species:

choline kinase alpha (CHKA), choline kinase alpha (chka), choline kinase alpha (Chka), choline kinase alpha (MCYG_00090), choline kinase (PF14_0020), ATCK1 (CHOLINE KINASE 1); choline kinase (ATCK1), choline kinase (CNI01400)

Other aliases include:

im:7143625, wu:fd46h01, si:dkey-12e7.3, CHKA, CHK, CKI, Chk, ChoK, EtnK-alpha, Chetk-alpha, CK-R, MGC93538, chkb, CHOLINE KINASE, CHOLINE KINASE 1, CK, F14O23.8, F14O23_8

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Choline Kinase alpha:

choline kinase alpha – CK/EK-alpha – choline/ethanolamine kinase alpha – choline/ethanolamine kinase-alpha – choline kinase R – choline kinase beta – choline kinase – ATCK1 (CHOLINE KINASE 1); choline kinase

Choline Kinase alpha fulfills a number of functions:

kinase activity – ATP binding – choline kinase activity – cholinesterase activity – nucleotide binding – protein homodimerization activity – signal transducer activity – transferase activity – ethanolamine kinase activity – choline binding

Choline Kinase alpha is relevant to the following processes:

biological_process – lipid metabolic process – lipid transport – phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process – choline metabolic process – response to wounding

Locations for Choline Kinase alpha:

cellular_component – cytoplasm – cytosol

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology