Multiple functions of pyruvate kinase M2 in various cell types

YB Lee, JK Min, JG Kim, KC Cap… - Journal of Cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glucose metabolism is a mechanism by which energy is produced in form of adenosine
triphosphate (ATP) by mitochondria and precursor metabolites are supplied to enable the …

Pyruvate kinase: Function, regulation and role in cancer

WJ Israelsen, MG Vander Heiden - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Pyruvate kinase is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate and
ADP to pyruvate and ATP in glycolysis and plays a role in regulating cell metabolism. There …

Pyruvate kinase M2 and cancer: the role of PKM2 in promoting tumorigenesis

K Zahra, T Dey, Ashish, SP Mishra, U Pandey - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pyruvate kinase plays a pivotal role in regulating cell metabolism. The final and rate-limiting
step of glycolysis is the conversion of Phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to Pyruvate, which is …

PKM2, a central point of regulation in cancer metabolism

N Wong, J De Melo, D Tang - International journal of cell …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aerobic glycolysis is the dominant metabolic pathway utilized by cancer cells, owing to its
ability to divert glucose metabolites from ATP production towards the synthesis of cellular …

Human pyruvate kinase M2: a multifunctional protein

V Gupta, RNK Bamezai - Protein science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Glycolysis, a central metabolic pathway, harbors evolutionary conserved enzymes that
modulate and potentially shift the cellular metabolism on requirement. Pyruvate kinase …

PKM2: a gatekeeper between growth and survival

I Harris, S McCracken, TW Mak - Cell research, 2012 - nature.com
Pyruvate kinase catalyzes the transfer of a high-energy phosphate group from phosphoenol
pyruvate (PEP) to generate pyruvate and ATP, a reaction that is the rate-limiting step of the …

Protein kinase function of pyruvate kinase M2 and cancer

X Chen, S Chen, D Yu - Cancer cell international, 2020 - Springer
Pyruvate kinase is a terminal enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, where it catalyzes the
conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate and production of ATP via substrate level …

Pyruvate kinase M2 regulates gene transcription by acting as a protein kinase

X Gao, H Wang, JJ Yang, X Liu, ZR Liu - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Pyruvate kinase isoform M2 (PKM2) is a glycolysis enzyme catalyzing conversion of
phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to pyruvate by transferring a phosphate from PEP to ADP. We …

Pyruvate kinase M2 fuels multiple aspects of cancer cells: from cellular metabolism, transcriptional regulation to extracellular signaling

MC Hsu, WC Hung - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Originally identified as a metabolic enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group
from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to ADP in the glycolytic pathway, pyruvate kinase M2-type …

Posttranslational modification of pyruvate kinase type M2 (PKM2): novel regulation of its biological roles to be further discovered

S Zheng, Q Liu, T Liu, X Lu - Journal of physiology and biochemistry, 2021 - Springer
PKM2, pyruvate kinase type M2, has been shown to play a key role in aerobic glycolysis and
to regulate the malignant behaviors of cancer cells. Recently, PKM2 has been revealed to …