Gene Information
Gene NameGCKR
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length625
Protein NamesGlucokinase regulatory protein (GKRP) (Glucokinase regulator)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1488 ( ENSG00000084734 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBQ14397
Gene CardGCKR
Uniprot IDQ14397
PfamNA
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.832200436)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GCKR ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GCKR ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GCKR ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GCKR ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Gckr ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GCKR ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Gckr ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GCKR ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
Tissueliver
Tissue SpecificityFound in liver and pancreas. Not detected in muscle, brain, heart, thymus, intestine, uterus, adipose tissue, kidney, adrenal, lung or spleen. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19643913, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9570959}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4BB9  (X-ray  1.47A  4BBA  (X-ray  1.92A  4LY9  (X-ray  2.35A  4MQU  (X-ray  2.22A  4MRO  (X-ray  2.20A  4MSU  (X-ray  2.50A  4OHK  (X-ray  2.80A  4OHM  (X-ray  2.40A  4OHO  (X-ray  2.58A  4OHP  (X-ray  2.40A  4OLH  (X-ray  2.40A  4OP1  (X-ray  2.39A  4OP2  (X-ray  2.24A  4OP3  (X-ray  2.82A  4PX2  (X-ray  2.15A  4PX3  (X-ray  2.43A  4PX5  (X-ray  2.20A  4PXS  (X-ray  2.60A 
DBSNP rs8179206  rs8179212  rs1260326  rs8179249 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10456334}. Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10456334}. Mitochondrion {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q07071}. Note=Under low glucose concentrations, GCKR associates with GCK and the inactive complex is recruited to the hepatocyte nucleus. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10456334}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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