Order-disorder transitions govern kinetic cooperativity and allostery of monomeric human glucokinase.
Glucokinase (GCK) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of glucose catabolism in the pancreas, where it functions as the body's principal glucose sensor. GCK dysfunction leads to several potentially fatal diseases including maturity-onset diabetes of the young type II (MODY-II) and persistent hypogl...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23271955/pdf/?tool=EBI |