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Definition of Glucokinase
1. Noun. A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glucokinase
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Medical Definition of Glucokinase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Glucokinase
Literary usage of Glucokinase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"Glucose phosphorylation by glucokinase seems to be key in the regulation of glucose
... Regulation of glucokinase activity is mainly due to changes in the ..."
2. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Froguel P, Vaxillaire M, Sun F, Velho G, Zouali H, Butel MO, Lesage S, Vionnet
N, Clement K, Fougerousse F: Close linkage of glucokinase locus on chromosome ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... factor contributing to glucose intolerance (Adelman, l979), as well as to the
reported delayed adaptation in hepatic glucokinase activity (Adelman, ..."
4. Asian by Loretta D. Ulincy (1995)
"... Porte D Jr. Mutations of the glucokinase gene do not account for the increased
incidence of NIDDM in Japanese Americans [abstract]. ..."
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