'Hexokinase' definitions:

Definition of 'Hexokinase'

From: GCIDE
  • Hexokinase \Hex"o*kin"ase\, n. [Hexose + -kinase.] (Biochem.) an enzyme catalyzing the transfer of a phosphate residue from ATP to a hexose, as in the formation of glucose-6-phosphate from glucose. [PJC]