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

mevalonate kinase (MVK), mevalonate kinase (Mvk), zgc:103473 (zgc:103473), MK (MEVALONATE KINASE); mevalonate kinase (MK), mevalonate kinase (mvk), mevalonate kinase (LMOf2365_0011), mevalonate kinase (Mmah_1549), mevalonate kinase (Tagg_0317), mevalonate kinase (Shell_0601), mevalonate kinase (Mvol_0621), mevalonate kinase (Igag_1464), mevalonate kinase (Mpet_0759), mevalonate kinase (Vdis_2290), mevalonate kinase (Mfer_0895), mevalonate kinase (Desmu_0298), mevalonate kinase (Arcve_0599), mevalonate kinase (Mzhil_1009)

Other aliases include:

MK, LRBP, MVLK, FLJ96772, AI256848, AI414037, 2310010A05Rik, MVK, MGC129086, F21A20.160, F21A20_160, MEVALONATE KINASE

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

mevalonate kinase – mevalonate kinase 1 – LH receptor mRNA-binding protein – OTTMUSP00000015400 – OTTMUSP00000018290 – MK – mevalonate kinase (mevalonic aciduria) – MK (MEVALONATE KINASE); mevalonate kinase

Mevalonate Kinase fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – identical protein binding – mevalonate kinase activity – nucleotide binding – transferase activity – kinase activity – mRNA binding – phosphotransferase activity, alcohol group as acceptor

Mevalonate Kinase is relevant to the following processes:

cholesterol biosynthetic process – isoprenoid biosynthetic process – metabolic process – phosphorylation – isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway – lipid biosynthetic process – negative regulation of translation – steroid biosynthetic process – sterol biosynthetic process – isoprenoid metabolic process – regulation of cholesterol biosynthetic process – sterol metabolic process

Locations for Mevalonate Kinase:

cytoplasm – peroxisome – cytosol – soluble fraction

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology