Pyruvate kinase: Current status of regulatory and functional properties

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-218

  Enriqueta Munoz Ma ^a   Ponce, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b Ctro Invest Cie Estud S   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; Glycolytic pathway; Phylogenetic tree; Pyruvate kinase; Structure function analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATION; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; POTASSIUM ION; PYRUVATE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOMEDICINE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RABBIT; REVIEW;

FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038241711     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00081-2     Document Type: Review

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