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Which substrate is used in the last step of glycolysis

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Pyruvate Kinase

Pyruvate Kinase performs a substrate level phosphorylation on ADP to generate an ATP and pyruvate, the final product of glycolysis.

PK dificiency is transmitted in an autosomal recessive disorder in which both alleles must contain the mutated gene, PK-LR.

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