Definition of "hexokinase" [hex•o•kin•ase]

• Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose (noun)

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• "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)."
• "It reduced levels of glycolytic enzymes such as hexokinase, phosphoglucoisomerase and aldolase levels, which are increased in hepatoma-bearing rats, and increased levels of gluconeogenic enzymes such as glucose­. 6-phosphatase and fructose-I"
• "Early on, Meyerhof's group spent considerable effort to investigate the effects of hexokinase, which Meyerhof had discovered in 1927."