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English

glucokinase

From gluco- + kinase.

Formed from gluco- + kinase

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

English gluco-

Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move, be in motion’

Ancient Greek κινέω ‘to move’

English kinase

Today it means

noun A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.

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