Pklr - pyruvate kinase liver and red blood cell

Enables pyruvate kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within response to other organism. Located in cytoplasm and plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; respiratory system; and sensory organ. Used to study malaria and pyruvate kinase deficiency of red cells. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Gaucher's disease; congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia; malaria; pyruvate kinase deficiency of red cells; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human PKLR (pyruvate kinase L/R). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]