Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and glycerol kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including glycerol metabolic process; glycerol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process; and triglyceride metabolic process. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Is expressed in olfactory epithelium and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human GK5 (glycerol kinase 5).