{"symbol":"TKT","synonyms":["HEL107","HEL-S-48","TKT1","SDDHD","TK"],"name":"transketolase","description":"This gene encodes a thiamine-dependent enzyme which plays a role in the channeling of excess sugar phosphates to glycolysis in the pentose phosphate pathway. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":7086,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7086","proteins":[{"symbol":"TKT_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/TKT_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}