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==Glucokinase==
==Glucokinase==


This enzyme facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate. In humans and most other vertebrates glucokinase is used in teh liver, the pancreas, the gut and brain. It plays an important role in regulating carbohydrate metabolism, triggering shifts in the cell in response to glucose level: glucokinase is a sort of a glucose sensor. It only phosphorylates glucose if its concetnration is high enough. The structure of glucokinase reveals an allosteric site through which small molecules may modulate the kinetic properties of the enzyme; a property that is the basis for using the enzyme when treating type 2 diabetes.
This enzyme facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate. In humans and most other vertebrates glucokinase is used in the liver, the pancreas, the gut and brain. It plays an important role in regulating carbohydrate metabolism, triggering shifts in the cell in response to glucose level: glucokinase is a sort of a glucose sensor. It only phosphorylates glucose if its concetnration is high enough. The structure of glucokinase reveals an allosteric site through which small molecules may modulate the kinetic properties of the enzyme; a property that is the basis for the enzyme use in type 2 diabetes treatment.


===Structure==={{STRUCTURE_1v4s|  PDB=1v4s  |  SCENE=  }}  
===Structure==={{STRUCTURE_1v4s|  PDB=1v4s  |  SCENE=  }}  

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GlucokinaseGlucokinase

This enzyme facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate. In humans and most other vertebrates glucokinase is used in the liver, the pancreas, the gut and brain. It plays an important role in regulating carbohydrate metabolism, triggering shifts in the cell in response to glucose level: glucokinase is a sort of a glucose sensor. It only phosphorylates glucose if its concetnration is high enough. The structure of glucokinase reveals an allosteric site through which small molecules may modulate the kinetic properties of the enzyme; a property that is the basis for the enzyme use in type 2 diabetes treatment.

Structure

PDB ID 1v4s

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1v4s, resolution 2.30Å ()
Ligands: , ,
Activity: Hexokinase, with EC number 2.7.1.1
Related: 1v4t
Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum
Coordinates: save as pdb, mmCIF, xml


The glucokinase has 18 (unless we counted wrong), 13 (this one is for sure), and 3 : a , amide or MRK in short, and last a sugar (alpha-d-glucose) or simply GLC.

ReferenceReference

http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/1v4s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucokinase


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