Pyruvate Kinase

Prevalence of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency among the Newborns (Shiraz-Iran)

Background: The frequency of pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency, an autosomal recessive defect, is approximately 3 per 10,000 individuals in Shiraz and surrounding areas, and is increased due to high consanguinity marriage frequency. The purpose of this study is to obtain data on the frequency and spectrum of gene mutation of PK in newborns, from Shiraz and surrounding areas. Materials and Methods...

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4

OBJECTIVE Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) serves as the metabolic switch between glucose and fatty acid utilization. PDC activity is inhibited by PDC kinase (PDK). PDC shares the same substrate, i.e., pyruvate, as glyceroneogenesis, a pathway controlling fatty acid release from white adipose tissue (WAT). Thiazolidinediones activate glyceroneogenesis. We studied the regulation by rosiglita...

Yeast Pyruvate Kinase

The kinetic properties of purified yeast pyruvate kinase were investigated. The enzyme showed cooperative kinetics toward the essential activating monovalent cations K+ and NH4+, Mg2+, and phosphoenolpyruvate. Fructose 1,6diphosphate, which yielded homotropic cooperative kinetics and did not affect maximal velocity, transformed the sigmoidal kinetics of Kf and NH4+, Mgz+, and phosphoenolpyruvat...

Pyruvate kinase deficiency.

Isoenzymes of pyruvate kinase

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