| Protein Name | hexokinase 2 |
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| Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
| Gene ID | 25059 |
| Gene Symbol | Hk2 |
| UniProt | P27881 (HXK2_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 72 |
Description |
hexokinase 2 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables ATP binding activity; glucose binding activity; and hexokinase activity. Involved in several processes, including carbohydrate phosphorylation; lactation; and response to ischemia. Located in several cellular components, including cytosol; mitochondrion; and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Biomarker of obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human HK2 (hexokinase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] |
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