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Pyruvate Kinase from rabbit muscle

Type III, lyophilized powder, 350-600 units/mg protein

Synonym(s):

ATP:pyruvate 2-O-phosphotransferase, PK

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CAS Number:
Enzyme Commission number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
eCl@ss:
32160410
NACRES:
NA.54

biological source

rabbit muscle

Quality Level

type

Type III

form

lyophilized powder

specific activity

350-600 units/mg protein

mol wt

237 kDa

foreign activity

lactic dehydrogenase, creatine phosphokinase, phosphoglucomutase, and myokinase ≤0.01%

storage temp.

−20°C

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General description

Pyruvate Kinase (PK) is a glycolysis enzyme and has four isozymes L, R, M1, and M2. The L isozyme is localized in gluconeogenic tissues, particularly in the liver. Whereas the R and M1 are localized in the adult skeletal muscles, heart, brain and erythrocytes, respectively. M2 is localized in the nucleus of the cells.

Application

Pyruvate Kinase from rabbit muscle has been used to convert adenosine diphosphate (ADP) to adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in Pseudomonas putida cells.
Pyruvate kinase has been used in plant spectrophotometric assays to measure ATP hydrolysis . Pyruvate kinase is also used to study pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency .

Biochem/physiol Actions

Molecular Weight: 237 kDa and exists as a tetramer of four equal subunits of molecular weight 57 kDa.
Isoelectric Point: 7.6
Optimal pH: ∼7.5
Optimal Temperature: 25°C
ΕA280 = 0.54 for 1 mg(p)/ml, 1 cm path
Reported KM values are ATP (0.86 mM), pyruvate (10 mM), ADP (0.3 mM), and PEP (0.07 mM) in Tris buffer at pH 7.4 and 30 °C. Pyruvate kinase is highly specific for phosphoenolpyruvate, but can utilize other dinucleotide triphosphates as substrates in place of ATP including GTP, ITP, dATP, UTP, and CTP.
Pyruvate kinase (PK) catalyzes an important process of transferring phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to adenosine diphosphate (ADP). This reaction results in the conversion of PEP to pyruvate and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Pyruvate kinase plays a major role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. High levels of pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) inhibits cell proliferation and tumor growth. Deficiency of PK in red blood cells (RBC) leads to non-spherocytic hemolytic anaemia. In human erythrocytes, deficiency of PK induces a protective effect against Plasmodium falciparum.

Unit Definition

One unit will convert 1.0 μmole of phospho(enol)pyruvate to pyruvate per min at pH 7.6 at 37 °C.

Analysis Note

Protein determined by biuret.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Anoxic metabolism and biochemical production in Pseudomonas putida F1 driven by a bioelectrochemical system
Lai B, et al.
Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9(1), 39-39 (2016)
[25] Pyruvate kinase isozymes from rat
Methods in Enzymology, 90, 150-165 (1982)
Red cell pyruvate kinase deficiency: molecular and clinical aspects
Zanella A, et al.
British Journal of Haematology, 130(1), 11-25 (2005)
Hormonal control of pyruvate kinase activity and of gluconeogenesis in isolated hepatocytes
Feliu J E, et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 73(8), 2762-2766 (1976)
Pyruvate kinase M2 regulates gene transcription by acting as a protein kinase
Gao X, et al.
Molecular Cell, 45(5), 598-609 (2012)

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