Species Human Entrez 8566 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000160209 | |
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Aliases PDXK, C21orf124, C21orf97, HEL-S-1a, PKH, PNK, PRED79, pyridoxal (pyridoxine, vitamin B6) kinase External IDs MGI: 1351869 HomoloGene: 2731 GeneCards: PDXK | ||
Pyridoxal kinase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDXK gene.
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.
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