Catalyzes the ATP- as well as the pyrophosphate-dependent phosphorylation of a specific serine residue in HPr, a phosphocarrier protein of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS). HprK/P also catalyzes the pyrophosphate-producing, inorganic phosphate-dependent dephosphorylation (phosphorolysis) of seryl-phosphorylated HPr (P-Ser-HPr). The two antagonistic activities of HprK/P are regulated by several intracellular metabolites, which change their concentration in response to the absence or presence of rapidly metabolisable carbon sources (glucose, fructose, etc.) in the growth medium. Also phosphorylates/dephosphorylates the HPr-like catabolite repression protein crh on a specific serine residue. Therefore, by controlling the phosphorylation state of HPr and crh, HPrK/P is a sensor enzyme that plays a major role in the regulation of carbon metabolism and sugar transport: it mediates carbon catabolite repression (CCR), and regulates PTS-catalyzed carbohydrate uptake and inducer exclusion. [HPr protein]-L-serine + ATP = [HPr protein]-O-phospho-L-serine + ADP + H(+) [HPr protein]-O-phospho-L-serine + H(+) + phosphate = [HPr protein]-L-serine + diphosphate Homohexamer. The Walker A ATP-binding motif also binds Pi and PPi. Both phosphorylation and phosphorolysis are carried out by the same active site and suggest a common mechanism for both reactions. Belongs to the HPrK/P family.