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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From gluco- + kinase.

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