HEXOKINASE


Meaning of HEXOKINASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhek-sə-ˈkī-ˌnās, -ˌnāz ]

noun

Etymology: hexo se + kinase

Date: 1930

: any of a group of enzymes that accelerate the phosphorylation of hexoses (as in the formation of glucose-6-phosphate from glucose and ATP) in carbohydrate metabolism

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