Mammalian hexokinases: a system for the study of co-operativity in monomeric enzymes

Arch Biol Med Exp. 1979 Dec;12(5):581-5.

Abstract

Kinetic and structural studies have been carried out of two isoenzymes of hexokinase from the rat, hexokinase II and glucokinase. Although both enzymes are monomeric, hexokinase II has a molecular weight double that of glucokinase and resembles a dimer of glucokinase. The co-operativity of glucokinase, which is not observed for hexokinase II, appears to be kinetic in origin rather than the consequence of ineractions between distinct glucose-binding sites.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Glucokinase / metabolism*
  • Hexokinase / isolation & purification
  • Hexokinase / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Weight
  • Rats

Substances

  • Hexokinase
  • Glucokinase