DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating TKTL2 and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

TKTL2 [ENSP00000280605]

Transketolase-like protein 2; Plays an essential role in total transketolase activity and cell proliferation in cancer cells; after transfection with anti-TKTL1 siRNA, total transketolase activity dramatically decreases and proliferation was significantly inhibited in cancer cells. Plays a pivotal role in carcinogenesis; Belongs to the transketolase family.

Synonyms:  TKTL2,  TKTL2p,  hTKTL2,  A0A140VKC2,  Q9H0I9 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt