TKTL1

transketolase like 1

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a transketolase that acts as a homodimer and catalyzes the conversion of sedoheptulose 7-phosphate and D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to D-ribose 5-phosphate and D-xylulose 5-phosphate. This reaction links the pentose phosphate pathway with the glycolytic pathway. Variations in this gene may be the cause of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]

Known Variants31 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs147356870X:153,524,235C/Tbenign
rs879988731X:153,524,263C/Guncertain significance
rs781826654X:153,524,301G/Auncertain significance
rs2067222957X:153,524,305G/Tuncertain significance
rs146955770X:153,524,322G/Tuncertain significance
rs142166417X:153,524,337C/Tuncertain significance
rs17336718X:153,536,119C/Tintron variant
rs199531907X:153,537,736C/Guncertain significance
rs782226756X:153,539,209A/Glikely benign
rs782493362X:153,539,324C/Tuncertain significance
rs1446527811X:153,539,493G/Auncertain significance
rs146912512X:153,541,062C/Guncertain significance
rs1179635832X:153,543,619T/Cuncertain significance
rs6655282X:153,546,556G/Aintron variant
rs2283760X:153,547,818T/Cintron variant
rs377204314X:153,549,143A/Guncertain significance
rs782342823X:153,549,162T/Guncertain significance
rs2067444501X:153,549,230A/Guncertain significance
rs372054381X:153,549,251G/Tuncertain significance
rs5987245X:153,551,383A/Gintron variant
rs142614631X:153,551,619C/Tuncertain significance
rs191591693X:153,551,649C/Tuncertain significance
rs782346636X:153,551,676A/Guncertain significance
rs2522686548X:153,553,704C/Tuncertain significance
rs782667299X:153,553,746G/Auncertain significance
rs766420X:153,554,404C/A
rs766419X:153,554,661A/Gintron variant
rs1238902969X:153,556,209T/Cuncertain significance
rs2522691522X:153,556,291T/Auncertain significance
rs2522695195X:153,557,944T/Cuncertain significance
rs190080682X:153,558,024A/Guncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.