Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables glycerol kinase activity. Involved in triglyceride biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within glucose homeostasis; glycerol metabolic process; and regulation of fatty acid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is active in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including brown fat; genitourinary system; liver; lung; and spleen. Used to study glycerol kinase deficiency. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in glycerol kinase deficiency. Orthologous to human GK (glycerol kinase).