Medical Definition of Phosphohexokinase
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An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of a nucleotide triphosphate and a sugar phosphate to a nucleotide diphosphate and a sugar diphosphate. D-fructose 6-phosphate, d-tagatose 6-phosphate, and sedoheptulose 7-phosphate can act as acceptors; ATP, utp, ctp, and itp can act as donors. A deficiency of this enzyme is the cause of glycogen storage disease type vii.
Chemical name: ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 6-phosphotransferase
Registry number: EC 2.7.1.11
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphohexokinase
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