Glucokinase ({EC number|2.7.1.2}) is an enzyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate. Glucokinase occurs in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates. In each of these organs it plays an important role in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism by acting as a glucose sensor, tr...
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(from the article `metabolism`) ...a hexokinase with a high affinity for glucose—i.e., only small amounts of glucose are necessary for enzymatic activity—effects the reaction. In ...
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(gloo″ko-ki´nās) an enzyme that in the presence of ATP catalyzes glucose to glucose-6-phosphate.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: glū′kō-kī′nās Definitions: 1. Phosphotransferase that catalyzes the conversion of d-glucose and ATP to d-glucose 6-phosphate and ADP; the liver enzyme has a higher K
m value for d-glucose than hexokinase and is not strongly inhibited by the product d-glucose 6-phosphate. &n...
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an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
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