glucokinase

English

Etymology

From gluco- +‎ kinase.

Noun

glucokinase (countable and uncountable, plural glucokinases)

  1. 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.

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