What is "pfkl"

6-phosphofructokinase, liver type (PFKL) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PFKL gene on chromosome 21. This gene encodes the liver (L) subunit of an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of D- fructose 6-phosphate to D- fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, which is a key step in glucose metabolism ( glycolysis). This enzyme is a tetramer that may be composed of different subunits encoded by distinct genes in different tissues. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2014]