A gear wheel for an adjustment drive mechanism which has a ring gear which is attached coaxially circumferentially to the outside of a core element which has an axial passage opening, in which a threaded element is fitted, the latter having an axially continuous internal thread having at least one thread tooth running around helically. The threaded element is formed from a plastic as an injection molded plastic part, which is molded onto the core element on an inner wall of the passage opening.