PDHA1

The pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex is a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial multienzyme complex that catalyzes the overall conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and CO(2), and provides the primary link between glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. The PDH complex is composed of multiple copies of three enzymatic components: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1), dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase (E2) and lipoamide dehydrogenase (E3). The E1 enzyme is a heterotetramer of two alpha and two beta subunits. This gene encodes the E1 alpha 1 subunit containing the E1 active site, and plays a key role in the function of the PDH complex. Mutations in this gene are associated with pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency and X-linked Leigh syndrome. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase E1 Alpha 1 Subunit

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex catalyzes the overall conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and CO2, and thereby links the glycolytic pathway to the tricarboxylic cycle.

Acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from pyruvateManual Assertion Based On ExperimentIDA:UniProtKB
Glucose metabolic processIEA:UniProtKB-KW
Mitochondrial acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from pyruvateIEA:Ensembl
Tricarboxylic acid cycleIEA:UniProtKB-KW

Mitochondrion matrix

Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency (PDHAD):
An enzymatic defect causing primary lactic acidosis in children. It is associated with a broad clinical spectrum ranging from fatal lactic acidosis in the newborn to chronic neurologic dysfunction with structural abnormalities in the central nervous system without systemic acidosis.

Phosphorylation at Ser-232, Ser-293 and Ser-300 by PDK family kinases inactivates the enzyme; for this phosphorylation at a single site is sufficient. Dephosphorylation at all three sites, i.e. at Ser-232, Ser-293 and Ser-300, is required for reactivation.
Acetylation alters the phosphorylation pattern. Deacetylated by SIRT3 (By similarity).