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15277 Ensembl ENSG00000159399 ENSMUSG00000000628 UniProt P52789 O08528 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000189 NM_001371525 NM_013820 RefSeq (protein) NP_000180 NP_001358454 NP_038848 Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 74.83 – 74.89 Mb Chr 6: 82.7 – 82.75 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Hexokinase II, also known as Hexokinase B and HK2, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the HK2 gene ...
It is the hexokinase found in muscle and heart. Hexokinase II is also located at the mitochondria outer membrane so it can have direct access to ATP. [7] The relative specific activity of hexokinase II increases with pH at least in a pH range from 6.9 to 8.5. [8] Hexokinase III/C is substrate-inhibited by glucose at physiological concentrations.
The polyol metabolic pathway. [6]Cells use glucose for energy.This normally occurs by phosphorylation from the enzyme hexokinase. However, if large amounts of glucose are present (as in diabetes mellitus), hexokinase becomes saturated and the excess glucose enters the polyol pathway when aldose reductase reduces it to sorbitol.
In biochemistry, a kinase (/ ˈ k aɪ n eɪ s, ˈ k ɪ n eɪ s,-eɪ z /) [2] is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from high-energy, phosphate-donating molecules to specific substrates. This process is known as phosphorylation, where the high-energy ATP molecule donates a phosphate group to the substrate molecule.
Hexokinase deficiency is an extremely rare autosomal recessive condition that falls under the category of erythroenzymopathies, or defects in red cell enzymes. [2] Hexokinase deficiency manifests is associated with chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. [3] Hemolytic anemia seems to be the only clinical sign of hexokinase deficiency. [4]
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