Phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM1; EC 5.4.2.2) is the major human phosphoglucomutase, a cytosolic Mg2+-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reversible interconversion of alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate and alpha-D-glucose 6-phosphate. Catalysis proceeds via an alpha-D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate intermediate and a catalytic phosphoserine (Ser117), with the bound Mg2+ ion coordinated by Ser117 and three active-site aspartates. PGM1 sits at the junction of glycogen metabolism and glycolysis/gluconeogenesis. During glycogenolysis it converts the glucose-1-phosphate released by glycogen phosphorylase into glucose-6-phosphate for glycolysis (or, in liver after glucose-6-phosphatase, for blood glucose), and it runs in reverse to supply glucose-1-phosphate for glycogen synthesis. Its products also feed the nucleotide-sugar (UDP-glucose/UDP-galactose, Leloir), galactose, and pentose-phosphate pathways. The enzyme is a monomer of 562 residues belonging to the alpha-D-phosphohexomutase superfamily. Loss-of-function variants cause PGM1 deficiency (PGM1-CDG; congenital disorder of glycosylation type It / glycogen storage disease type XIV), a mixed glycogenosis and glycosylation disorder featuring cleft palate, hepatopathy, hypoglycemia, dilated cardiomyopathy, exercise intolerance, and abnormal transferrin glycosylation, and it is notably responsive to galactose supplementation.
| GO Term | Evidence | Action | Reason |
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) assignment of the diagnostic phosphoglucomutase molecular function to PGM1. This is the well-established, experimentally confirmed core catalytic activity of the enzyme and is at the correct level of specificity.
Reason: The core molecular function is directly demonstrated experimentally (IDA/EXP, PMID:25288802, PMID:15378030) and the IBA call is consistent with the entire phosphohexomutase family. This is a core function of PGM1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26972339
It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and glucose 6-phosphate
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic assignment of PGM1 activity to the cytosol, consistent with the cytoplasmic localization of the enzyme.
Reason: PGM1 is a soluble cytoplasmic enzyme; the cytosol is where its metabolic reaction takes place. Supported by direct immunofluorescence (IDA, HPA) and the UniProt subcellular location.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0005975
carbohydrate metabolic process
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic assignment placing PGM1 in carbohydrate metabolism, the broad process encompassing its role in interconverting glucose phosphates.
Reason: Correct but general. It accurately captures PGM1's participation in carbohydrate metabolism; more specific processes (glucose metabolic process, glycogen metabolism, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis) are separately annotated. Retained as a broad, non-core parent term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26972339
It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and glucose 6-phosphate
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GO:0000287
magnesium ion binding
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of magnesium ion binding, the catalytic cofactor of PGM1.
Reason: PGM1 binds one Mg2+ per subunit as an essential catalytic cofactor; this is directly confirmed by crystallography (IDA, PMID:26972339) and the IEA mapping is correct.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26972339
Mg2+ serves as an electron-withdrawing group to facilitate phosphoryl transfer from phosphoserine 117
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Automated (multi-method IEA, incl. RHEA:23536/EC:5.4.2.2 mapping) assignment of phosphoglucomutase activity to PGM1.
Reason: Redundant with, and confirmed by, the experimental IDA/EXP annotations for the same term. The RHEA/EC mapping is correct for this enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the reversible isomerization of alpha-D-glucose 1-
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GO:0005737
cytoplasm
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic assignment of cytoplasmic localization from the UniProt subcellular-location vocabulary.
Reason: Consistent with the well-supported cytosolic localization of PGM1; a broader parent of cytosol.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0005975
carbohydrate metabolic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of carbohydrate metabolic process.
Reason: Redundant with the IBA annotation for the same term; correct but general parent process. Retained as non-core broad context.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26972339
It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and glucose 6-phosphate
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GO:0016868
intramolecular phosphotransferase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of the parent molecular-function class (intramolecular phosphotransferase) that subsumes phosphoglucomutase activity.
Reason: This is the correct broad parent of GO:0004614 phosphoglucomutase activity (the reaction proceeds via intramolecular phosphoryl transfer through a glucose-1,6-bisphosphate intermediate). Accurate but redundant with the more specific phosphoglucomutase term; kept as a non-core general term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26972339
The reaction entails two consecutive phosphoryl transfers and proceeds via a bisphosphorylated intermediate
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:21044950 Genome-wide YFP fluorescence complementation screen identifi... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: IntAct-curated protein-protein interaction (with TINF2, UniProtKB:Q9BSI4) captured by a genome-wide split-YFP fluorescence-complementation screen for telomere-signaling regulators.
Reason: Bare "protein binding" (GO:0005515) is uninformative about PGM1's molecular function. The interaction derives from a large-scale telomere-interactome screen that identified ~300 candidate binders and is not established as a functional partnership relevant to PGM1's enzymatic role; per curation policy this is marked as over-annotated rather than removed (it reflects a real IPI experiment).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21044950
we identified over 300 proteins that associated with the six core telomeric proteins
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IDA
GO_REF:0000052 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct immunofluorescence (Human Protein Atlas) localization of PGM1 to the cytosol.
Reason: Direct experimental evidence for the primary subcellular location of this soluble metabolic enzyme; a core cellular-component annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
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EXP
PMID:15378030 Regulation of phosphoglucomutase 1 phosphorylation and activ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Experimental demonstration of PGM1 catalytic (phosphoglucomutase) activity, whose regulation by PAK1-mediated phosphorylation is characterized in this study.
Reason: Direct experimental support for the core catalytic function; PAK1 phosphorylation of PGM1 was shown to enhance its enzymatic activity, confirming the activity being measured.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15378030
selectively on threonine 466 significantly increased PGM enzymatic
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
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IDA
PMID:30982613 The Metabolic Map into the Pathomechanism and Treatment of P... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct assignment of phosphoglucomutase activity in the study mapping the metabolic pathomechanism and galactose treatment of PGM1-CDG.
Reason: Reinforces the core catalytic function; the paper explicitly describes PGM1 as the enzyme that interconverts glucose-6-P and glucose-1-P and studies the metabolic consequences of its deficiency.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:30982613
encodes the metabolic enzyme that interconverts
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GO:0033499
beta-D-galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose, Leloir pathway
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IMP
PMID:30982613 The Metabolic Map into the Pathomechanism and Treatment of P... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence linking PGM1 to the Leloir/UDP-galactose route, based on the galactose-responsive metabolic rewiring seen in PGM1-CDG fibroblasts.
Reason: PGM1's products (glucose-1-P/glucose-6-P) connect to the nucleotide-sugar and galactose (Leloir) pathways, and galactose treatment replenishes galactose-1-P, UDP-glucose, and UDP-galactose in PGM1-CDG. This is a real, pathway-adjacent role but peripheral to PGM1's core glucose-phosphate interconversion function, so it is retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:30982613
UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose, the nucleotide sugars
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GO:0005980
glycogen catabolic process
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IMP
PMID:28882528 Impaired glycogen breakdown and synthesis in phosphoglucomut... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence that PGM1 deficiency blocks muscle glycogenolysis, placing PGM1 within glycogen catabolism.
Reason: Well supported and biologically central; in glycogenolysis PGM1 converts the glucose-1-phosphate released by glycogen phosphorylase into glucose-6-phosphate. Severe PGM1 loss causes blocked muscle glycogenolysis mimicking McArdle disease, directly demonstrating this role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28882528
severe loss of PGM1 activity causes blocked muscle
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GO:0005576
extracellular region
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6798745 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Reactome-derived localization arising from PGM1's presence in neutrophil tertiary (secretory) granules that are exocytosed during degranulation.
Reason: A secondary/extracellular localization reflecting the release of granule contents during neutrophil degranulation; not the site of PGM1's cytosolic catalytic function. Retained as non-core rather than removed because it derives from curated Reactome pathway data.
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GO:0005576
extracellular region
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6800434 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Reactome-derived extracellular localization from exocytosis of ficolin-rich (granule) lumen proteins during neutrophil degranulation.
Reason: As above, a secondary localization tied to neutrophil granule exocytosis rather than PGM1's core cytosolic metabolic role; kept as non-core.
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GO:1904724
tertiary granule lumen
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6798745 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Reactome localization of PGM1 to the tertiary (secretory) granule lumen of neutrophils.
Reason: Reflects PGM1's presence in neutrophil secretory granules (degranulation pathway), a peripheral localization distinct from its principal cytosolic metabolic function; retained as non-core.
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GO:1904813
ficolin-1-rich granule lumen
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6800434 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Reactome localization of PGM1 to the ficolin-1-rich granule lumen of neutrophils.
Reason: Peripheral granule localization from the neutrophil-degranulation pathway, not PGM1's core cytosolic site of action; retained as non-core.
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GO:0000287
magnesium ion binding
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IDA
PMID:26972339 Induced Structural Disorder as a Molecular Mechanism for Enz... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct (crystallographic) evidence that PGM1 binds one Mg2+ ion per subunit as an essential catalytic cofactor.
Reason: Crystal structures show the Mg2+ ion coordinated in octahedral geometry by Ser117 and three aspartates, functioning as an electron-withdrawing group to facilitate phosphoryl transfer. Core cofactor of the enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26972339
Mg2+ serves as an electron-withdrawing group to facilitate phosphoryl transfer from phosphoserine 117
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
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IDA
PMID:25288802 Compromised catalysis and potential folding defects in in vi... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct enzymatic characterization of recombinant wild-type PGM1 (and disease variants), confirming phosphoglucomutase catalytic activity and its kinetic parameters.
Reason: In vitro biochemical characterization provides direct experimental support for the core catalytic function, with variants showing reduced kcat/Km; a defining core function of PGM1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25288802
central role of the enzyme in glucose metabolism
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GO:0006006
glucose metabolic process
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IDA
PMID:25288802 Compromised catalysis and potential folding defects in in vi... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct evidence placing PGM1 within glucose metabolism, reflecting its central role in interconverting glucose phosphates.
Reason: PGM1's reaction is a central node of glucose metabolism (breakdown and synthesis of glucose); this is a core biological-process annotation supported by the biochemical characterization of the enzyme and its deficiency phenotypes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25288802
central role of the enzyme in glucose metabolism
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5609939 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome (curated) cytosolic localization of PGM1, in the reaction where defective PGM1 fails to isomerise G6P to G1P.
Reason: Consistent with the well-established cytosolic localization; the reaction it participates in is cytosolic. A core cellular-component annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:23533145 In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expres... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: High-throughput mass-spectrometry detection of PGM1 in exosomes isolated from expressed prostatic secretions in urine.
Reason: A proteomic detection of the abundant cytosolic enzyme in secreted exosomes; represents a secondary localization rather than PGM1's functional site. Retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23533145
exosome preparations were characterized by a shotgun proteomics procedure
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:19056867 Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exos... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: High-throughput proteomic detection of PGM1 among proteins profiled in human urinary exosomes.
Reason: As above, a mass-spectrometry-based detection in exosomes; a common finding for abundant cytosolic enzymes and peripheral to PGM1's core function. Retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19056867
profile the proteome of human urinary exosomes
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9638125 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome (curated) cytosolic localization of PGM1 in the reaction where PGM1:Mg2+ isomerises G1P to G6P.
Reason: Correct core localization; the phosphoglucomutase reaction (G1P to G6P) is cytosolic and requires the bound Mg2+ cofactor.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9638127 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome (curated) cytosolic localization of PGM1 in the reaction where PGM1:Mg2+ isomerises G6P to G1P (reverse direction).
Reason: Correct core localization; the reverse phosphoglucomutase reaction (G6P to G1P) is likewise cytosolic and Mg2+-dependent.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
|
IDA
PMID:1530890 Phosphoglucomutase 1: complete human and rabbit mRNA sequenc... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct assignment of phosphoglucomutase activity to the human PGM1 gene product characterized in the cDNA cloning study.
Reason: Establishes the identity of the cloned human PGM1 as the polymorphic phosphoglucomutase (EC 5.4.2.2); supports the core catalytic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:1530890
highly polymorphic human enzyme
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GO:0005737
cytoplasm
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NAS
PMID:1530890 Phosphoglucomutase 1: complete human and rabbit mRNA sequenc... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Non-traceable author statement assigning cytoplasmic localization to PGM1 in the cloning/mapping study.
Reason: Consistent with the well-established cytoplasmic/cytosolic localization of PGM1 (corroborated by IDA immunofluorescence and UniProt); accepted as a broad, correct localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm
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GO:0006006
glucose metabolic process
|
NAS
PMID:1530890 Phosphoglucomutase 1: complete human and rabbit mRNA sequenc... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Non-traceable author statement placing PGM1 in glucose metabolism.
Reason: Redundant with the IDA glucose-metabolic-process annotation and consistent with PGM1's central metabolic role; a correct core biological process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25288802
central role of the enzyme in glucose metabolism
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GO:0004614
phosphoglucomutase activity
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TAS
PMID:8257433 Phosphoglucomutase 1: a gene with two promoters and a duplic... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Traceable author statement (gene-structure study) affirming PGM1 as the phosphoglucomutase enzyme.
Reason: The study explicitly notes PGM1's central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis; supports the core catalytic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8257433
central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
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GO:0006094
gluconeogenesis
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TAS
PMID:8257433 Phosphoglucomutase 1: a gene with two promoters and a duplic... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Traceable author statement placing PGM1 in gluconeogenesis.
Reason: In gluconeogenesis/glycogen synthesis PGM1 runs in the G6P to G1P direction; the enzyme participates in glucose synthesis. A genuine biological role supported by the literature, retained as a core metabolic process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8257433
central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
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GO:0006096
glycolytic process
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TAS
PMID:8257433 Phosphoglucomutase 1: a gene with two promoters and a duplic... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Traceable author statement placing PGM1 in glycolysis.
Reason: PGM1 feeds glycolysis by producing glucose-6-phosphate from the glucose-1-phosphate liberated during glycogenolysis, but it is not a core enzyme of the canonical glycolytic pathway itself (glucose to pyruvate). It is best regarded as an upstream/adjacent contributor, so it is kept as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8257433
central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
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PGM1 = phosphoglucomutase-1 (EC 5.4.2.2), a cytosolic Mg2+-dependent enzyme that reversibly
interconverts alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate (G1P) and alpha-D-glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) via an
alpha-D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate intermediate, using a catalytic phosphoserine (Ser117).
Junction of glycogen metabolism and glycolysis/gluconeogenesis. In glycogenolysis converts the
G1P released by glycogen phosphorylase to G6P; runs in reverse for glycogen synthesis. Also feeds
nucleotide-sugar / galactose (Leloir) and pentose-phosphate pathways.
- "mediates the switch between glycolysis and gluconeogenesis" PMID:26972339.
- "participates in both the breakdown and synthesis of glucose" [file:P36871 FUNCTION].
Deficiency causes a mixed glycogenosis + congenital disorder of glycosylation: cleft palate,
hepatopathy, hypoglycemia, dilated cardiomyopathy, exercise intolerance, abnormal transferrin
glycosylation. Notably galactose-responsive PMID:30982613. Blocked muscle glycogenolysis
mimicking McArdle disease and impaired glycogen synthesis PMID:28882528.
id: P36871
gene_symbol: PGM1
product_type: PROTEIN
status: INITIALIZED
taxon:
id: NCBITaxon:9606
label: Homo sapiens
description: >-
Phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM1; EC 5.4.2.2) is the major human phosphoglucomutase,
a cytosolic Mg2+-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reversible interconversion of
alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate and alpha-D-glucose 6-phosphate. Catalysis proceeds via
an alpha-D-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate intermediate and a catalytic phosphoserine (Ser117),
with the bound Mg2+ ion coordinated by Ser117 and three active-site aspartates. PGM1
sits at the junction of glycogen metabolism and glycolysis/gluconeogenesis. During
glycogenolysis it converts the glucose-1-phosphate released by glycogen phosphorylase
into glucose-6-phosphate for glycolysis (or, in liver after glucose-6-phosphatase,
for blood glucose), and it runs in reverse to supply glucose-1-phosphate for glycogen
synthesis. Its products also feed the nucleotide-sugar (UDP-glucose/UDP-galactose,
Leloir), galactose, and pentose-phosphate pathways. The enzyme is a monomer of 562
residues belonging to the alpha-D-phosphohexomutase superfamily. Loss-of-function
variants cause PGM1 deficiency (PGM1-CDG; congenital disorder of glycosylation type
It / glycogen storage disease type XIV), a mixed glycogenosis and glycosylation
disorder featuring cleft palate, hepatopathy, hypoglycemia, dilated cardiomyopathy,
exercise intolerance, and abnormal transferrin glycosylation, and it is notably
responsive to galactose supplementation.
alternative_products:
- name: '1'
id: P36871-1
- name: '2'
id: P36871-2
sequence_note: VSP_004686
- name: '3'
id: P36871-3
sequence_note: VSP_045204
existing_annotations:
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) assignment of the diagnostic phosphoglucomutase molecular
function to PGM1. This is the well-established, experimentally confirmed core
catalytic activity of the enzyme and is at the correct level of specificity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: The core molecular function is directly demonstrated experimentally (IDA/EXP,
PMID:25288802, PMID:15378030) and the IBA call is consistent with the entire
phosphohexomutase family. This is a core function of PGM1.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and
glucose 6-phosphate
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic assignment of PGM1 activity to the cytosol, consistent with
the cytoplasmic localization of the enzyme.
action: ACCEPT
reason: PGM1 is a soluble cytoplasmic enzyme; the cytosol is where its metabolic
reaction takes place. Supported by direct immunofluorescence (IDA, HPA) and
the UniProt subcellular location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0005975
label: carbohydrate metabolic process
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic assignment placing PGM1 in carbohydrate metabolism, the
broad process encompassing its role in interconverting glucose phosphates.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct but general. It accurately captures PGM1's participation in
carbohydrate metabolism; more specific processes (glucose metabolic process,
glycogen metabolism, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis) are separately annotated.
Retained as a broad, non-core parent term.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and
glucose 6-phosphate
- term:
id: GO:0000287
label: magnesium ion binding
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of magnesium ion binding, the
catalytic cofactor of PGM1.
action: ACCEPT
reason: PGM1 binds one Mg2+ per subunit as an essential catalytic cofactor; this
is directly confirmed by crystallography (IDA, PMID:26972339) and the IEA mapping
is correct.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: Mg2+ serves as an electron-withdrawing group to facilitate
phosphoryl transfer from phosphoserine 117
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Automated (multi-method IEA, incl. RHEA:23536/EC:5.4.2.2 mapping) assignment
of phosphoglucomutase activity to PGM1.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Redundant with, and confirmed by, the experimental IDA/EXP annotations
for the same term. The RHEA/EC mapping is correct for this enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the reversible isomerization of alpha-D-glucose 1-
- term:
id: GO:0005737
label: cytoplasm
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic assignment of cytoplasmic localization from the UniProt
subcellular-location vocabulary.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Consistent with the well-supported cytosolic localization of PGM1; a
broader parent of cytosol.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0005975
label: carbohydrate metabolic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of carbohydrate metabolic process.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Redundant with the IBA annotation for the same term; correct but general
parent process. Retained as non-core broad context.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and
glucose 6-phosphate
- term:
id: GO:0016868
label: intramolecular phosphotransferase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: InterPro-based electronic assignment of the parent molecular-function
class (intramolecular phosphotransferase) that subsumes phosphoglucomutase
activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: This is the correct broad parent of GO:0004614 phosphoglucomutase activity
(the reaction proceeds via intramolecular phosphoryl transfer through a
glucose-1,6-bisphosphate intermediate). Accurate but redundant with the more
specific phosphoglucomutase term; kept as a non-core general term.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: The reaction entails two consecutive phosphoryl transfers and
proceeds via a bisphosphorylated intermediate
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:21044950
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IntAct-curated protein-protein interaction (with TINF2, UniProtKB:Q9BSI4)
captured by a genome-wide split-YFP fluorescence-complementation screen for
telomere-signaling regulators.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: Bare "protein binding" (GO:0005515) is uninformative about PGM1's molecular
function. The interaction derives from a large-scale telomere-interactome screen
that identified ~300 candidate binders and is not established as a functional
partnership relevant to PGM1's enzymatic role; per curation policy this is marked
as over-annotated rather than removed (it reflects a real IPI experiment).
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:21044950
supporting_text: we identified over 300 proteins that associated with the six
core telomeric proteins
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct immunofluorescence (Human Protein Atlas) localization of PGM1
to the cytosol.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental evidence for the primary subcellular location of this
soluble metabolic enzyme; a core cellular-component annotation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:15378030
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Experimental demonstration of PGM1 catalytic (phosphoglucomutase)
activity, whose regulation by PAK1-mediated phosphorylation is characterized
in this study.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental support for the core catalytic function; PAK1
phosphorylation of PGM1 was shown to enhance its enzymatic activity, confirming
the activity being measured.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:15378030
supporting_text: selectively on threonine 466 significantly increased PGM enzymatic
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:30982613
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Direct assignment of phosphoglucomutase activity in the study mapping
the metabolic pathomechanism and galactose treatment of PGM1-CDG.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Reinforces the core catalytic function; the paper explicitly describes
PGM1 as the enzyme that interconverts glucose-6-P and glucose-1-P and studies
the metabolic consequences of its deficiency.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:30982613
supporting_text: encodes the metabolic enzyme that interconverts
- term:
id: GO:0033499
label: beta-D-galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose, Leloir pathway
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:30982613
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence linking PGM1 to the Leloir/UDP-galactose
route, based on the galactose-responsive metabolic rewiring seen in PGM1-CDG
fibroblasts.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: PGM1's products (glucose-1-P/glucose-6-P) connect to the nucleotide-sugar
and galactose (Leloir) pathways, and galactose treatment replenishes
galactose-1-P, UDP-glucose, and UDP-galactose in PGM1-CDG. This is a real,
pathway-adjacent role but peripheral to PGM1's core glucose-phosphate
interconversion function, so it is retained as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:30982613
supporting_text: UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose, the nucleotide sugars
- term:
id: GO:0005980
label: glycogen catabolic process
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:28882528
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: Mutant-phenotype evidence that PGM1 deficiency blocks muscle
glycogenolysis, placing PGM1 within glycogen catabolism.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Well supported and biologically central; in glycogenolysis PGM1 converts
the glucose-1-phosphate released by glycogen phosphorylase into glucose-6-phosphate.
Severe PGM1 loss causes blocked muscle glycogenolysis mimicking McArdle disease,
directly demonstrating this role.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:28882528
supporting_text: 'severe loss of PGM1 activity causes blocked muscle'
- term:
id: GO:0005576
label: extracellular region
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-6798745
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome-derived localization arising from PGM1's presence in neutrophil
tertiary (secretory) granules that are exocytosed during degranulation.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A secondary/extracellular localization reflecting the release of granule
contents during neutrophil degranulation; not the site of PGM1's cytosolic
catalytic function. Retained as non-core rather than removed because it derives
from curated Reactome pathway data.
- term:
id: GO:0005576
label: extracellular region
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-6800434
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome-derived extracellular localization from exocytosis of
ficolin-rich (granule) lumen proteins during neutrophil degranulation.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: As above, a secondary localization tied to neutrophil granule exocytosis
rather than PGM1's core cytosolic metabolic role; kept as non-core.
- term:
id: GO:1904724
label: tertiary granule lumen
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-6798745
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome localization of PGM1 to the tertiary (secretory) granule lumen
of neutrophils.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Reflects PGM1's presence in neutrophil secretory granules (degranulation
pathway), a peripheral localization distinct from its principal cytosolic
metabolic function; retained as non-core.
- term:
id: GO:1904813
label: ficolin-1-rich granule lumen
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-6800434
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome localization of PGM1 to the ficolin-1-rich granule lumen of
neutrophils.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Peripheral granule localization from the neutrophil-degranulation pathway,
not PGM1's core cytosolic site of action; retained as non-core.
- term:
id: GO:0000287
label: magnesium ion binding
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26972339
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Direct (crystallographic) evidence that PGM1 binds one Mg2+ ion per
subunit as an essential catalytic cofactor.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Crystal structures show the Mg2+ ion coordinated in octahedral geometry
by Ser117 and three aspartates, functioning as an electron-withdrawing group
to facilitate phosphoryl transfer. Core cofactor of the enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: Mg2+ serves as an electron-withdrawing group to facilitate
phosphoryl transfer from phosphoserine 117
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25288802
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Direct enzymatic characterization of recombinant wild-type PGM1 (and
disease variants), confirming phosphoglucomutase catalytic activity and its
kinetic parameters.
action: ACCEPT
reason: In vitro biochemical characterization provides direct experimental
support for the core catalytic function, with variants showing reduced
kcat/Km; a defining core function of PGM1.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25288802
supporting_text: central role of the enzyme in glucose metabolism
- term:
id: GO:0006006
label: glucose metabolic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25288802
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Direct evidence placing PGM1 within glucose metabolism, reflecting its
central role in interconverting glucose phosphates.
action: ACCEPT
reason: PGM1's reaction is a central node of glucose metabolism (breakdown and
synthesis of glucose); this is a core biological-process annotation supported
by the biochemical characterization of the enzyme and its deficiency phenotypes.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25288802
supporting_text: central role of the enzyme in glucose metabolism
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-5609939
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome (curated) cytosolic localization of PGM1, in the reaction where
defective PGM1 fails to isomerise G6P to G1P.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Consistent with the well-established cytosolic localization; the reaction
it participates in is cytosolic. A core cellular-component annotation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:23533145
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: High-throughput mass-spectrometry detection of PGM1 in exosomes isolated
from expressed prostatic secretions in urine.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A proteomic detection of the abundant cytosolic enzyme in secreted
exosomes; represents a secondary localization rather than PGM1's functional
site. Retained as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:23533145
supporting_text: exosome preparations were characterized by a shotgun proteomics
procedure
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:19056867
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: High-throughput proteomic detection of PGM1 among proteins profiled in
human urinary exosomes.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: As above, a mass-spectrometry-based detection in exosomes; a common
finding for abundant cytosolic enzymes and peripheral to PGM1's core function.
Retained as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:19056867
supporting_text: profile the proteome of human urinary exosomes
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9638125
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome (curated) cytosolic localization of PGM1 in the reaction where
PGM1:Mg2+ isomerises G1P to G6P.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core localization; the phosphoglucomutase reaction (G1P to G6P) is
cytosolic and requires the bound Mg2+ cofactor.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9638127
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome (curated) cytosolic localization of PGM1 in the reaction where
PGM1:Mg2+ isomerises G6P to G1P (reverse direction).
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core localization; the reverse phosphoglucomutase reaction
(G6P to G1P) is likewise cytosolic and Mg2+-dependent.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:1530890
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Direct assignment of phosphoglucomutase activity to the human PGM1 gene
product characterized in the cDNA cloning study.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Establishes the identity of the cloned human PGM1 as the polymorphic
phosphoglucomutase (EC 5.4.2.2); supports the core catalytic function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:1530890
supporting_text: highly polymorphic human enzyme
- term:
id: GO:0005737
label: cytoplasm
evidence_type: NAS
original_reference_id: PMID:1530890
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Non-traceable author statement assigning cytoplasmic localization to
PGM1 in the cloning/mapping study.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Consistent with the well-established cytoplasmic/cytosolic localization
of PGM1 (corroborated by IDA immunofluorescence and UniProt); accepted as a
broad, correct localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/PGM1/PGM1-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm'
- term:
id: GO:0006006
label: glucose metabolic process
evidence_type: NAS
original_reference_id: PMID:1530890
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Non-traceable author statement placing PGM1 in glucose metabolism.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Redundant with the IDA glucose-metabolic-process annotation and consistent
with PGM1's central metabolic role; a correct core biological process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25288802
supporting_text: central role of the enzyme in glucose metabolism
- term:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:8257433
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Traceable author statement (gene-structure study) affirming PGM1 as the
phosphoglucomutase enzyme.
action: ACCEPT
reason: The study explicitly notes PGM1's central role in glycolysis and
gluconeogenesis; supports the core catalytic function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8257433
supporting_text: central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
- term:
id: GO:0006094
label: gluconeogenesis
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:8257433
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Traceable author statement placing PGM1 in gluconeogenesis.
action: ACCEPT
reason: In gluconeogenesis/glycogen synthesis PGM1 runs in the G6P to G1P direction;
the enzyme participates in glucose synthesis. A genuine biological role
supported by the literature, retained as a core metabolic process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8257433
supporting_text: central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
- term:
id: GO:0006096
label: glycolytic process
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:8257433
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Traceable author statement placing PGM1 in glycolysis.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: PGM1 feeds glycolysis by producing glucose-6-phosphate from the
glucose-1-phosphate liberated during glycogenolysis, but it is not a core
enzyme of the canonical glycolytic pathway itself (glucose to pyruvate).
It is best regarded as an upstream/adjacent contributor, so it is kept as
non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8257433
supporting_text: central role in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
core_functions:
- description: Cytosolic Mg2+-dependent phosphoglucomutase that reversibly interconverts
alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate and alpha-D-glucose 6-phosphate, linking glycogen
metabolism to glycolysis/gluconeogenesis.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26972339
supporting_text: It catalyzes the interconversion of glucose 1-phosphate and glucose
6-phosphate
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0006006
label: glucose metabolic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
- description: In glycogenolysis, converts the glucose-1-phosphate released by glycogen
phosphorylase into glucose-6-phosphate, enabling glycogen breakdown.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0004614
label: phosphoglucomutase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:28882528
supporting_text: 'severe loss of PGM1 activity causes blocked muscle'
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0005980
label: glycogen catabolic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000002
title: Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO
terms
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000033
title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location
vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by
UniProt
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000052
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
findings: []
- id: PMID:1530890
title: 'Phosphoglucomutase 1: complete human and rabbit mRNA sequences and direct
mapping of this highly polymorphic marker on human chromosome 1.'
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: MEDIUM
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Cloning/mapping of human PGM1 cDNA; identifies it as the highly
polymorphic phosphoglucomutase (EC 5.4.2.2). Supports enzyme identity and
chromosomal localization; abstract-only in cache.
- id: PMID:15378030
title: Regulation of phosphoglucomutase 1 phosphorylation and activity by a signaling
kinase.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Demonstrates PGM1 catalytic activity and its enhancement by PAK1
phosphorylation (at Thr-466/Thr-467). Directly supports the phosphoglucomutase
molecular function.
- id: PMID:19056867
title: Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Proteomic detection of PGM1 in urinary exosomes; supports a
peripheral extracellular-exosome localization, not core function.
- id: PMID:21044950
title: Genome-wide YFP fluorescence complementation screen identifies new regulators
for telomere signaling in human cells.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Large-scale split-YFP telomere-interactome screen underlying the
IntAct PGM1-TINF2 interaction. Well-formed citation, but supports only a bare
protein-binding annotation of unclear functional relevance to PGM1.
- id: PMID:23533145
title: In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expressed prostatic
secretions in urine.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Shotgun proteomics of prostatic-secretion exosomes; PGM1 among
~900 detected proteins. Supports peripheral exosome localization only.
- id: PMID:25288802
title: Compromised catalysis and potential folding defects in in vitro studies of
missense mutants associated with hereditary phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: In vitro biochemical characterization of WT and disease-variant
PGM1, confirming catalytic activity/kinetics and its central role in glucose
metabolism.
- id: PMID:26972339
title: Induced Structural Disorder as a Molecular Mechanism for Enzyme Dysfunction
in Phosphoglucomutase 1 Deficiency.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: First WT and variant human PGM1 crystal structures; documents Mg2+
coordination, phosphoserine (Ser117) catalytic mechanism, monomeric state, and
reversible G1P/G6P interconversion. Full text available and verified.
- id: PMID:28882528
title: Impaired glycogen breakdown and synthesis in phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Shows PGM1 deficiency blocks muscle glycogenolysis (McArdle-like
second wind) and may limit glycogen synthesis; supports the glycogen
catabolic-process role.
- id: PMID:30982613
title: The Metabolic Map into the Pathomechanism and Treatment of PGM1-CDG.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Defines PGM1 as the enzyme interconverting glucose-6-P and
glucose-1-P; establishes galactose-responsive rewiring of nucleotide-sugar
(UDP-glucose/UDP-galactose, Leloir) metabolism in PGM1-CDG.
- id: PMID:8257433
title: 'Phosphoglucomutase 1: a gene with two promoters and a duplicated first exon.'
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: MEDIUM
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: PGM1 gene-structure study; notes its central role in glycolysis and
gluconeogenesis. Supports enzyme identity and metabolic context.
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-5609939
title: Defective PGM1 does not isomerise G6P to G1P
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-6798745
title: Exocytosis of tertiary granule lumen proteins
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-6800434
title: Exocytosis of ficolin-rich granule lumen proteins
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9638125
title: PGM1:Mg2+ isomerises G1P to G6P
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9638127
title: PGM1:Mg2+ isomerises G6P to G1P
findings: []