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glucokinase

glucokinase 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.

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.

Forms of glucokinase

pluralglucokinases

Origin of glucokinase

From gluco- + kinase.

Questions about glucokinase

What does glucokinase mean?
Glucokinase means 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.
What part of speech is glucokinase?
Glucokinase is a noun.
What is the plural of glucokinase?
The plural of glucokinase is glucokinases.

Words near glucokinase in the dictionary

  1. glucohæmia
  2. glucoiberin
  3. glucoincretin
  4. glucoincretins
  5. glucokamaloside
  6. glucokinase
  7. glucokinases
  8. glucolanadoxin
  9. glucolepidiin
  10. glucolipid
  11. glucolipide

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