Pyridoxal kinase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDXK gene.[5][6]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000160209Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032788Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ 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. PMID 9099727.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: PDXK pyridoxal (pyridoxine, vitamin B6) kinase".

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