"Glucokinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of enzymes that catalyzes the conversion of ATP and D-glucose to ADP and D-glucose 6-phosphate. They are found in invertebrates and microorganisms, and are highly specific for glucose. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 2.7.1.2.
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D005941
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.250
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucokinase" by people in Profiles.
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Glucose metabolism gene variants modulate the risk of pancreatic cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 May; 4(5):758-66.
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Animal model for maturity-onset diabetes of the young generated by disruption of the mouse glucokinase gene. J Biol Chem. 1995 Sep 15; 270(37):21464-7.
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Identification of new members of a carbohydrate kinase-encoding gene family. J Comput Biol. 1995; 2(3):451-8.
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A comparison of the effect of glucocorticoids on glucose uptake and hexokinase activity in lymphosarcoma P1798. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1970 Dec 01; 219(2):447-54.