pyruvate kinase, glycolytic enzyme
function
catabolic enzyme in glycolysis
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2|Carbon metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2.1|Carbon core metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2.1.1|Glycolysis][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.5|Phosphorylation on a Ser residue][SW|Categories] containing this gene/protein
[SW|ATP synthesis], [SW|carbon core metabolism], [SW|phosphoproteins], [SW|most abundant proteins]Gene
Coordinates on the chromosome (coding sequence)
2,984,788 -> 2,986,545
Phenotypes of a mutant
unable to grow with non-[SW|PTS] carbohydrates (such as glucitol or glycerol) as single carbon sourcesuppression of ''[protein|search|ftsZ]''(ts) mutation (reverted by addition of pyruvate) [Pubmed|24825009]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
ADP phosphoenolpyruvate --> ATP pyruvateThe reaction is irreversible under physiological conditions Protein family
PEP-utilizing enzyme family (according to Swiss-Prot) pyruvate kinase family, (C-terminal section: PEP-utilizing enzyme family)Modification
phosphorylation on Ser36 [Pubmed|17218307], [Pubmed|16493705], phosphorylation on Ser536 or Ser546 [Pubmed|17726680], please note that the Ser is not on position 536 but rather at 538[SW|Cofactors]
Effectors of protein activity
Activated by PEP (Hill Coefficient 1,8) [Pubmed|4623707] [Pubmed|3711058]Allosterically activated by AMP [Pubmed|3711058]Activation by r5p and ADP [Pubmed|3711058]Inhibition by ADP and f16bp in high concentrations; and ATP [Pubmed|3711058]Structure
[PDB|2E28] (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)[SW|Localization]
cytoplasm [Pubmed|16479537]Additional information
The enzyme is a tetramer with four active sites [Pubmed|3711058]Expression and Regulation
Operon
''[protein|search|pfkA]-[protein|search|pyk]-[protein|search|ytzA]'' [Pubmed|11489127]Regulation
twofold induced by glucose [Pubmed|11489127]Additional information
belongs to the 100 [[most abundant proteins]] [PubMed|15378759]Biological materials
Mutant
GP589 (''pyk''::''cat''), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab, [Pubmed|23420519]GP600 (''pyk''::''erm''), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab, [Pubmed|23420519]GP1745: ''pyk::aphA3'', available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]' labExpression vector
expression in ''E. coli'', N-terminal His-tag: pGP1100 (in [SW|pWH844]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labexpression in ''B. subtilis'', native protein: pGP1411 (in [SW|pBQ200]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labexpression in ''B. subtilis'', N-terminal Strep-tag: pGP1409 (in [SW|pGP380]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labexpression in ''B. subtilis'', C-terminal Strep-tag: pGP1410 (in [SW|pGP382]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lablacZ fusion
see ''[protein|search|pfkA]two-hybrid system
''B. pertussis'' adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system ([SW|BACTH]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labLabs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Jörg Stülke], University of Göttingen, Germany [http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~genmibio/stuelke.html Homepage]References
17726680,16493705,11489127,17505547,10966427,17218307,3711058,4623707,21821766,22846916,23420519,24158146,24571712,15378759,24825009