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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hexokinase

· Hex·o·kin·ase · IPA
01 n. an enzyme catalyzing the transfer of a phosphate residue from ATP to a hexose, as in the formation of glucose-6-phosphate from glucose.
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    an enzyme catalyzing the transfer of a phosphate residue from ATP to a hexose, as in the formation of glucose-6-phosphate from glucose.(Biochem.)