Definition of Hexokinase
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hexokinase
1.
Enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphate from ATP to glucose to form glucose-6 phosphate, the first reaction in the metabolism of glucose via the glycolytic pathway.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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