Pyruvate

Pyruvate: This simple sugar, like ribose, is an intermediate sugar downstream from glucose on the way to creating ATP.

The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

Pyruvate: This simple sugar, like ribose, is an intermediate sugar downstream from glucose on the way to creating ATP.

The Source Woodson Merrell 2008

Pyruvate gets passed on to the next step, called the citric acid cycle.

Evolution of alcohol synthesis - The Panda's Thumb 2005

M. tuberculosis membrane-associated protein fraction is treated with the active kinase and glycolytic enzyme Pyruvate kinase A (mtPykA) is identified as one of the potential substrates of PknJ.

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Pyruvate kinase is a rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis which also plays an important role in cell metabolism.

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Hori M, Umezawa H (1974) Pyruvate kinase of Escherichia coli.

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Pyruvate kinase A (mtPykA, Rv1617) and probable lactate dehydrogenase (Lldd2, Rv1872c) were the newly identified substrates, while GroEl2 (Rv0440) has been previously suggested to be phosphorylated by

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In glycolysis, PykA utilizes phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) and ADP to form Pyruvate and ATP.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ser/Thr Protein Kinase PknJ and the identification of the glycolytic enzyme Pyruvate kinase A (mtPykA) as its substrate.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gunjan Arora et al. 2010

M. tuberculosis membrane-associated protein fraction is treated with the active kinase and glycolytic enzyme Pyruvate kinase A (mtPykA) is identified as one of the potential substrates of PknJ.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gunjan Arora et al. 2010