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PFK belongs to the phosphofructokinase B (PfkB) family of sugar kinases. [7] Other members of this family (also known as the Ribokinase family) include ribokinase (RK), adenosine kinase (AK), inosine kinase, and 1-phosphofructokinase. [7] [8] [9] The members of the PfkB/RK family are identified by the presence of three conserved sequence motifs.
The lack of PFK blocks the completion of the glycolytic pathway. Therefore, all products past the block would be deficient, including Adenosine triphosphate (ATP). It may affect humans as well as other mammals (especially dogs). [4] It was named after the Japanese physician Seiichiro Tarui (b. 1927), who first observed the condition in 1965. [5]
Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1) is one of the most important regulatory enzymes (EC 2.7.1.11) of glycolysis. It is an allosteric enzyme made of 4 subunits and controlled by many activators and inhibitors .
PFK-2 is known as the "bifunctional enzyme" because of its notable structure: though both are located on one protein homodimer, its two domains act as independently functioning enzymes. [5] One terminus serves as a kinase domain (for PFK-2) while the other terminus acts as a phosphatase domain (FBPase-2). [6]
The PFKFB3 gene is mapped to single locus on chromosome 10 (10p15-p14). [5] [6] It spans a region of 32.5kb with an open reading frame that is 5,675bp long.It is estimated to consist of 19 exons, of which 15 are regularly expressed. [8]
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In cell biology, protein kinase A (PKA) is a family of serine-threonine kinase [1] whose activity is dependent on cellular levels of cyclic AMP (cAMP). PKA is also known as cAMP-dependent protein kinase (EC 2.7.11.11).
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