Pyridoxal Kinase: Its Role in Vitamin B6 Metabolism

Pyridoxal kinase (PL kinase) and pyridoxine 5’-phosphate oxidase (PNP oxidase) are the two vitamin B6 salvage enzymes involved in metabolism of the primary inactive vitamin B6 (pyridoxal, pyridoxine and pyridoxamine) into the active cofactor form, pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP). PLP, arguably the most...

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Main Author: Desai, Jigarkumar
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2010
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2254
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3253&context=etd