An enzyme of the glycolytic pathway which catalyses the transfer of a phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate to ADP, forming pyruvate and ATP; also called pyruvic kinase.
Origin
1950s.
Definition of pyruvate kinase in US English:
pyruvate kinase
noun
Biochemistry
An enzyme of the glycolytic pathway which catalyses the transfer of a phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate to ADP, forming pyruvate and ATP; also called pyruvic kinase.