Pyridoxal kinase
BE0000042ProteinHumansPDXK
Catalyzes the phosphorylation of the dietary vitamin B6 vitamers pyridoxal (PL), pyridoxine (PN) and pyridoxamine (PM) to form pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxine 5'-phosphate (PNP) and pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (PMP), respectively (Probable) (PubMed:10987144, PubMed:17766369, PubMed:19351586, PubMed:31187503, PubMed:9099727). It is acted on by 7 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- PDXK
- UniProtKB entry
- O00764Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm, cytosol
- Residues / weight
- 312 residues · 35,102 Da
- Also known as
- 2.7.1.35 · C21orf124 · C21orf97 · PKH · PNK
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Pyridoxal kinase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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