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Most cancer tissues showed weak to moderate granular cytoplasmic positivity. Papillary adenocarcinoma of thyroid along with rare malignant melanomas, lung, stomach, pancreatic and testis cancers showed strong positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
ETNK2 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
EKI2, FLJ10761
Description
Ethanolamine kinase 2 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of choline/ethanolamine kinase family which catalyzes the first step of phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn) biosynthesis via the cytidine diphosphate (CDP) ethanolamine pathway. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]