Hexokinase

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  • n. Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an enzyme catalyzing the transfer of a phosphate residue from ATP to a hexose, as in the formation of glucose-6-phosphate from glucose.
  • Word Usage
    "In the search for answers to these questions, suspicion fell most strongly on a reaction catalyzed by an enzyme called hexokinase (hek'soh-ky'nays)."
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