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What is the enzyme used in the conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate?

What is the enzyme used in the conversion of pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate? Correct Answer Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase

This reaction is the first step in the Hatch – Slack pathway. The enzyme pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase is used to convert pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate along with ATP.

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