Pyruvate kinase deficiency

Definition

This refers to an enzyme involved in glycolysis. It catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to ADP, yielding one molecule of pyruvate and one molecule of ATP.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Disorders of pyruvate metabolism

• 5C53.01Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency
• 5C53.02Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency
• 5C53.03Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified