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hexokinase

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hexokinase [¦hek·sō′kī‚nās]
(biochemistry)
Any enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexoses.


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Serum fasting glucose concentrations were measured using the hexokinase method, with measurements performed in duplicate on an auto-analyzer (Leon et al.
7) The enzyme performing this task in cancers is hexokinase II (HK II), which is elevated in cancer cells.
3) [FIGURE 5 OMITTED] In these conditions, ADP for the ATP resynthesis in the mitochondrial matrix is supplied exclusively by the reaction of MtCK isoform in the mitochondrial intermembrane space, which enables to determine the rate of this particular reaction avoiding possible contributions from other CK isoforms as well as from the hexokinase reaction (Gellerich and Saks, 1982).
 
 
 
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