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Hexokinase vs Glucose - What's the difference?

hexokinase | glucose |

As nouns the difference between hexokinase and glucose

is that hexokinase is any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose while glucose is a simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

hexokinase

English

Noun

(wikipedia hexokinase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose

    • glucose

    English

    (Glucose) (wikipedia glucose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (carbohydrate) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

    • Synonyms

    * grape sugar * blood sugar * corn sugar

    Hyponyms

    * dextrose * D-glucose * L-glucose * dextroglucose

    Hypernyms

    * aldohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Derived terms

    * glucose syrup * glucoside * glucosiduronate * isoglucose

    See also

    * levoglucose