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== Function == | == Function == | ||
'''Hexokinase''' is an enzyme that phosphorylates a six-carbon sugar, a hexose, to a hexose phosphate. In most tissues and organisms, glucose is the most important substrate of hexokinases, and glucose 6-phosphate the most important product. Hexokinases have been found in every organism checked, ranging from bacteria, yeast, and plants, to humans and other vertebrates. They are categorized as actin fold proteins, sharing a common ATP binding site core surrounded by more variable sequences that determine substrate affinities and other properties. Several hexokinase isoforms or isozymes providing different functions can occur in a single species. See [[Glycolysis Enzymes]]. | '''Hexokinase''' is an enzyme that phosphorylates a six-carbon sugar, a hexose, to a hexose phosphate. In most tissues and organisms, glucose is the most important substrate of hexokinases, and glucose 6-phosphate the most important product. Hexokinases have been found in every organism checked, ranging from bacteria, yeast, and plants, to humans and other vertebrates. They are categorized as actin fold proteins, sharing a common ATP binding site core surrounded by more variable sequences that determine substrate affinities and other properties. Several hexokinase isoforms or isozymes providing different functions can occur in a single species. See [[Glycolysis Enzymes]], [[Glycogenesis]]. | ||
* '''Hexokinase I/A''' is found in all mammalian tissues, and is considered a "housekeeping enzyme," unaffected by most physiological, hormonal, and metabolic changes. More details in [[Hexokinase Type 1]]. | * '''Hexokinase I/A''' is found in all mammalian tissues, and is considered a "housekeeping enzyme," unaffected by most physiological, hormonal, and metabolic changes. More details in [[Hexokinase Type 1]]. | ||
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* '''Hexokinase IV/D''' is also known as '''glucokinase'''. | * '''Hexokinase IV/D''' is also known as '''glucokinase'''. | ||
Additional details in [[The Structure and Mechanism of Hexokinase]] and [[Conformational changes in proteins]] (in Spanish). | Additional details in [[The Structure and Mechanism of Hexokinase]], [[Glucokinase and Phosphorylase. Conformational changes (Spanish)]] and [[Conformational changes in proteins]] (in Spanish). | ||
== Structure of Hexokinase == | == Structure of Hexokinase == | ||
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== Conformational change associated with substrate binding == | == Conformational change associated with substrate binding == | ||
When hexokinase binds to glucose (one of its two substrates), it exhibits induced fit. This means that in the open form of the enzyme, the binding site is not fully formed. Upon binding glucose, hexokinase switches into a closed form, excluding aqueous solvent from the substrate. This is illustrated here <scene name='45/452482/Induced_fit/ | When hexokinase binds to glucose (one of its two substrates), it exhibits induced fit. This means that in the open form of the enzyme, the binding site is not fully formed. Upon binding glucose, hexokinase switches into a closed form, excluding aqueous solvent from the substrate. This is illustrated here <scene name='45/452482/Induced_fit/2'>comparing the structures of free and glucose-bound hexokinase</scene>. | ||
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== Mechanism of Hexokinase == | == Mechanism of Hexokinase == | ||
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8.↑ Aleshin A, Malfois M, Liu X, Kim C, Fromm H, Honzatko R, Koch M, Svergun D. Nonaggregating Mutant of Recombinant Human Hexokinase I Exhibits Wild-Type Kinetics and Rod-like Conformations in Solution. Biochem. 1999 Apr 29;38:8359-8366. | 8.↑ Aleshin A, Malfois M, Liu X, Kim C, Fromm H, Honzatko R, Koch M, Svergun D. Nonaggregating Mutant of Recombinant Human Hexokinase I Exhibits Wild-Type Kinetics and Rod-like Conformations in Solution. Biochem. 1999 Apr 29;38:8359-8366. | ||
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Seth Bawel and Kyle_Schroering created this page in Che 361 at Wabash College. | Seth Bawel and Kyle_Schroering created this page in Che 361 at Wabash College. | ||
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