Diacylglycerol Kinase Beta (DGKB) Reagents

Diacylglycerol kinase beta

Diacylglycerol kinase that converts diacylglycerol/DAG into phosphatidic acid/phosphatidate/PA and regulates the respective levels of these two bioactive lipids. Thereby, acts as a central switch between the signaling pathways activated by these second messengers with different cellular targets and opposite effects in numerous biological processes (Probable). Has a higher activity with long-chain diacylglycerols like 1,2-di-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycerol compared to 1,2-didecanoyl-sn-glycerol. Specifically expressed in brain, it regulates neuron-specific morphological changes including neurite branching and neurite spine formation.; Does not associate with membranes but has a diacylglycerol kinase activity.

Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Cytoplasm.; [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm.

Eukaryotic diacylglycerol kinase family

[Isoform 1]: Specifically expressed in brain but also detected in uterus. In adult brain, expressed in the amygdala, caudate nucleus, and hippocampus.; [Isoform 2]: More ubiquitously expressed but at lower level compared to isoform 1.

90 kDa diacylglycerol kinase; DAG kinase beta; DAGK2; DGK; DGK B; DGK beta; DGK-beta; Dgkb; DGKB_HUMAN; Diacylglycerol kinase beta (90kD); Diacylglycerol kinase beta 90kDa; Diacylglycerol kinase beta; Diglyceride kinase beta; KIAA0718

Diacylglycerol kinases (DGKs) are regulators of the intracellular concentration of the second messenger diacylglycerol (DAG) and thus play a key role in cellular processes. Nine mammalian isotypes have been identified, which are encoded by separate genes. Mammalian DGK isozymes contain a conserved catalytic (kinase) domain and a cysteine-rich domain (CRD). The protein encoded by this gene is a diacylglycerol kinase, beta isotype. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.