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PDXK

Introduction

Pyridoxal kinase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDXK gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene phosphorylates vitamin B6, a step required for the conversion of vitamin B6 to pyridoxal-5-phosphate, an important cofactor in intermediary metabolism. The encoded protein is cytoplasmic and probably acts as a homodimer. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described, but their biological validity has not been determined.[2]

References

References

  1. ↑ Hanna MC, Turner AJ, Kirkness EF (May 1997). “Human pyridoxal kinase. cDNA cloning, expression, and modulation by ligands of the benzodiazepine receptor”. J Biol Chem. 272 (16): 10756–60. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.16.10756. PMIDΒ 9099727.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: PDXK pyridoxal (pyridoxine, vitamin B6) kinase”.
Further reading

Further reading