Protein Name pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 5164
Gene Symbol

PDK2

UniProt Q15119 (PDK2_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 68
Total Number of Articles : 72
Description

pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a member of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase family. The encoded protein phosphorylates pyruvate dehydrogenase, down-regulating the activity of the mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Overexpression of this gene may play a role in both cancer and diabetes. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]

synonyms
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, isozyme 2
  • PDH kinase 2
  • [Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring)] kinase isozyme 2, mitochondrial
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