| LAD | lactic acid dehydrogenase; left anterior descending [artery]; left axis deviation; leukocyte adhesio... |
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| PKD | Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency |
| PDHC | Pyruvate De-Hydrogenase Complex |
| PC | avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; packed cells; paper chromatography; paracortex; parent cell... |
| Parkinson's Disease Foundation; peritoneal dialysis fluid; Portable Document Format; pyruvate dehydr... |
| deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase | Deficiency of G6PD is the commonest disease-causing enzyme defect in humans affecting an estimated 400 million people. The G6PD gene is on the X chromosome. Males with the enzyme deficiency develop anaemia due to breakup of their red blood cells when they are exposed to oxidant drugs such as the antimalarial primaquine, the sulfonamide antibiotics or sulfones, naphthalene moth balls, or fava beans. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| active pyruvate | An intermediate formed in the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate. Compare: pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide). Synonym: alpha-lactyl-thiamin pyrophosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beta-alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme that reversibly transfers the amino group of beta-alanine to paruvate, thus producing l-alanine and malonate saemialdehyde. A deficiency of this enzyme is believed to be the cause of hyper-beta-alaninaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase | Beta-aminosiobutyrate:pyruvate transaminase;an enzyme that catalyses the reversible transfer of an amino group from beta-aminoisobutyrate to pyruvate, producing l-alanine and methylmalonate saemialdehyde. A step in valine degradation. A deficiency of beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase results in hyper-beta-aminoisobutyric aciduria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valine-pyruvate transaminase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme catalyzing the terminal step of valine biosynthesis; consider also EC 2.6.1.42, branched-chain-amino-acid transaminase; alanine-alpha-oxoisovalerate aminotransferase and alanine-alpha-ketoisovalerate aminotransferase were ens to alanine aminotransferase 1981-93 Registry number: EC 2.6.1.66 Synonym: alanine-valine transaminase, transaminase c, alanine alpha-ketoisovalerate aminotransferase, alanine-alpha-oxoisovalerate aminotransferase, alanine-alpha-ketoisovalerate aminotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glutamine-pyruvate aminotransferase | <enzyme> Consider also glutamine transaminase k if cysteine conjugate beta-lyase activity is also present; l-methionine can act as donor; glyoxylate can act as acceptor Registry number: EC 2.6.1.15 Synonym: glutamine alpha-ketoacid transaminase, glutamine transaminase, glutamine transaminase l, glutamine oxo-acid aminotransferase, glutaminase II, glutamine aminotransferase, l-methionine aminotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| chorismate pyruvate-lyase | <enzyme> Forms 4-hydroxybenzoic acid for ubiquinone biosynthesis; chorismate pyruvate-lyase (amino-accepting) is anthranilate synthase Registry number: EC 4.1.3.- Synonym: ubic gene product, chorismate lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| serine-pyruvate aminotransferase | <enzyme> Do not confuse with alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.44), even though they may be products of the same gene; index whichever is discussed or both Registry number: EC 2.6.1.51 Synonym: serine aminotransferase, serine-pyruvate transaminase (26 Jun 1999) |
| pyruvate | <biochemistry> Pyruvate is the final product of glycolysis. You get two molecules of pyruvate for every molecule of glucose that goes through glycolysis. (22 Aug 1998) |
| pyruvate carboxylase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the formation of oxaloacetate from pyruvate, carbon dioxide and ATP in gluconeogenesis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pyruvate decarboxylase | <enzyme> Catalyses the decarboxylation of an alpha keto acid to an aldehyde and carbon dioxide. Thiamine pyrophosphate is an essential cofactor. In lower organisms, which ferment glucose to ethanol and carbon dioxide, the enzyme irreversibly decarboxylates pyruvate to acetaldehyde. Registry number: EC 4.1.1.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| pyruvate-formate-lyase-deactivase | <chemical> Encoded by adhe gene product from E coli; pfla (radical form) yields pfl (non-radical form) in presence of fe++, nad and CoA and the multienzyme complex consisting of alcohol plus acetaldehyde-CoA dehydrogenase activities Synonym: pfl-deactivase, adhe multienzyme, adhe gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| pyruvate kinase | <enzyme> ATP:pyruvate 2-o-phosphotransferase. A phosphotransferase that catalyses reversibly the phosphorylation of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate in the presence of ATP. It has four isozymes (l, r, m1, and m2). Deficiency of the enzyme results in haemolytic anaemia. Registry number: EC 2.7.1.40 (12 Dec 1998) |
| pyruvate kinase phosphatase | <enzyme> Reactivates pyruvate kinase Registry number: EC 3.1.3.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pyruvate metabolism, inborn errors | Hereditary disorders of pyruvate metabolism. They are difficult to diagnose and describe because pyruvate is a key intermediate in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Some inherited metabolic disorders may alter pyruvate metabolism indirectly. Disorders in pyruvate metabolism appear to lead to deficiencies in neurotransmitter synthesis and, consequently, to nervous system disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |