Partial purification of tightly bound mitochondrial hexokinase from maize (Zea mays L.) root membranes

In mammals, hexokinase (HK) is strategically located at the outer membrane of mitochondria bound to the porin protein. The mitochondrial HK is a crucial modulator of apoptosis and reactive oxygen species generation. In plants, these properties related to HK are unknown. In order to better understand...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G.L. Rezende, C. Logullo, L. Meyer, L.B. Machado, A.L. Oliveira-Carvalho, R.B. Zingali, D. Cifuentes, A. Galina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000900003&lng=en&tlng=en