glucokinase /glu·co·ki·nase/ (-ki´nās)
glucokinase,
1. an enzyme of invertebrates and microorganisms that catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose 6-phosphate.
2. the liver isozyme of hexokinase.
glu·co·ki·nase (gl  k -k  n s, -nz, -k ns, -z)n. A liver enzyme that uses ATP to catalyze the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate during glycogenesis. |
glucokinase,
n a hexokinase or phosphotransferase that catalyzes the conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate by ATP.
glucokinase
an enzyme that in the presence of ATP catalyzes glucose to glucose-6-phosphate.
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