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Meaning of "hexokinase"

Hexokinase is an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars, such as glucose, in processes like glycolysis
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  • Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose

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hexokinase
It is the hexokinase found in muscle and heart.
There are four known isoforms of hexokinase in mammals.
The assay of hexokinase activity is conducted as follows.
The reaction was started by the addition of hexokinase.
Hexokinase is an enzyme which is particularly overexpressed in malignant cells.
Glucose concentration was measured using a hexokinase method.
Preferable hexokinase is one having excellent heat stability.
The cellular target may be hexokinase.
Plot of a tobacco hexokinase activity measurement.
Expression of both enzymes is supposed to be regulated by hexokinase signalling.
Recovery of hexokinase by affinity chromatography.
This irreversible reaction is catalyzed by hexokinase.
Glucose binds to hexokinase in the active site at the beginning of glycolysis.
Part of the sample was used in the hexokinase assay.
Hexokinase is therefore an appropriate target enzyme for detection and localization of malignant tissue.

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The reference values are obtained using the hexokinase method.
It is a recently discovered hexokinase isoform that likely phosphorylates glucose in maternal metabolism during pregnancy.
The first step in glycolysis is the phosphorylation of glucose by hexokinase.
Various approaches may be taken to reduce the hexokinase activity in engineered cells.
This normally occurs by phosphorylation from the enzyme hexokinase.
The structural interactions of hexokinase with its substrates and inhibitors have been well characterized.
The pyranose ring binds to the substrate binding site of hexokinase.
The hexokinase method is traceable to an NIST standard.
This is most likely through the inhibition of the mitochondrially bound hexokinase.
Plasma glucose was measured using the hexokinase method Bergmeyer et al.
The two most common employed enzyme is glucose oxidase and hexokinase.
Hexokinase deficiency is a genetic autosomal recessive disease that causes Chronic Haemolytic Anaemia.
Glucokinase with higher specificity for glucose than hexokinase can also be used.
In some embodiments, the hexokinase activator is an allosteric activator.
Iii The produced FDG is subjected to phosphorylation by hexokinase.
In some aspects, the hexokinase activator is an allosteric activator.
Detection was with a FIV hexokinase probe.
Therefore, hexokinase is most likely not an integral membrane protein in yeast.
Non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia due to hexokinase deficiency.
In some aspects, the hexokinase activators do not include phosphate or citrate.
If the marker is glucose, the detection agent may be a hexokinase.
Examples of such an enzyme include a hexokinase or glucokinase, as described above.
For example, hexokinase was found to be upregulated in prefrontal and superior temporal cortex.
One approach is to co-transfect these cells with antisense hexokinase constructs.
In some embodiments, the hexokinase activators do not include phosphate or citrate.
However, mannose can interfere with enzymatic analysis methods using glucose oxidase or hexokinase.
By catalyzing this reaction hexokinase forms a key enzyme in hexose ( glucose ) signalling.
Hexokinases should not be confused with glucokinase, which is a specific isoform of hexokinase.
Glucose is phosphorylated by ATP, in a reaction catalyzed by hexokinase.
When glucose levels drop, hexokinase activity resumes and thwarts the storage of glucose.
Hence, the inhibition of Phosphofructokinase leads to the inhibition of hexokinase.
An acronym for Hexokinase deficiency is HK deficiency, and it is a genetic disease.
HK1 is one of four highly homologous hexokinase isoforms in mammalian cells.
Hexokinase activity of a wild-type potato tuber Solanum tuberosum cv.
The mutation causes a reduction of the HK activity, which causes hexokinase deficiency.

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