Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Instructor's)
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Instructor's)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781319117689
Author: nelson
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 19, Problem 23P
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To explain: The difference between milder and severe form of disease caused by presence of one and two defective copies of glucokinase gene respectively.

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One isozyme of hexokinase is glucokinase. Glucokinase is an enzyme which catalyzes phosphorylation of glucose. Phosphorylation of glucose is the first reaction in glycolysis. Glucokinase is present in pancreas and liver. When glucose is present in high amounts in the cell, it converts it into glucose-6-phosphate, which enters glycolysis.

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