Pyruvate kinase

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Pyruvate kinase is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of phosphoenolpyruvate to form pyruvate. This reaction is the tenth step in glycolysis and one molecule of ATP and one of pyruvate is released at the end of this stage[1].

References:

  1. Page 121 Alberts B., Johnson A, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K and Walter P. (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell Fifth Edition, New York and Abingdon, Garland Science.