 Hexokinase
"Hexokinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of ATP and a D-hexose to ADP and a D-hexose 6-phosphate. D-Glucose, D-mannose, D-fructose, sorbitol, and D-glucosamine can act as acceptors; ITP and dATP can act as donors. The liver isoenzyme has sometimes been called glucokinase. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.7.1.1.
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D006593
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D08.811.913.696.620.300
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hexokinase" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Dienel GA. Hypothesis: A Novel Neuroprotective Role for Glucose-6-phosphatase (G6PC3) in Brain-To Maintain Energy-Dependent Functions Including Cognitive Processes. Neurochem Res. 2020 Nov; 45(11):2529-2552.
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Rasche L, Angtuaco E, McDonald JE, Buros A, Stein C, Pawlyn C, Thanendrarajan S, Schinke C, Samant R, Yaccoby S, Walker BA, Epstein J, Zangari M, van Rhee F, Meissner T, Goldschmidt H, Hemminki K, Houlston R, Barlogie B, Davies FE, Morgan GJ, Weinhold N. Low expression of hexokinase-2 is associated with false-negative FDG-positron emission tomography in multiple myeloma. Blood. 2017 07 06; 130(1):30-34.
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