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Query: EC:2.7.1.1 (hexokinase)
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The erythrocytes of 350 pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) were examined for electrophoretic variation of hemoglobin and 26 enzymes. Seven enzymes showed variation in more than 1% of individuals: phosphoglucose isomerase, phosphoglucomutase-1, soluble NADP-dependent isocitric dehydrogenase, peptidase A, peptidase C, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate mutase, and acid phosphatase. Variation with lesser frequency was found in soluble glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, phosphoglycerate kinase, lactic dehydrogenase, and hemoglobin. Only eight samples were tested for esterase D, and one of these had a variant phenotype. Enzymes with no clear variation were adenylate kinase, adenosine deaminase, phosphofructokinase, hexokinase, pyruvate kinase, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, aldolase, phosphoglycerate mutase, phosphopyruvate hydratase (enolase), phosphoglucomutase-3, and superoxide dismutase. There was father-to-son transmission of PGI, PGM-1, peptidase C, 6PGD, 2,3-DPGAM, NADP-ICD, and acid phosphatase variants, suggesting that these loci are autosomal as in man.
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PMID:Intraspecific red cell enzyme variation in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina). 114 87

Enzyme activities operative in glucose degradation and citrate cleavage pathway were studied in the adipose tissue of twenty-four patients with adult-onset diabetes and normal body weight, aged 59+/-9 years, and twenty-four matched controls. In normal tissue, type II (heat-inactivated) hexokinase moderately predominated over type I (heat-resistant). 6-Phosphofructokinase had an extremely low activity, which was by far the lowest among the ten glycolytic enzyme activities investigated, and which therefore might greatly limit the glycolytic rate. The level of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) was elevated above that occurring in other tissues. This, especially if considered together with the low 6-phosphofructokinase activity, would suggest a major role of pentose cycle in glucose degradation. Of the citrate cleavage pathway enzymes, ATP citrate-lyase, although having a lower activity than malate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (NADP), was readily measurable, which contrasts with previous data by others. This finding is consistent with the occurrence of lipogenetic capacity in human adipose tissue. In diabetic tissue, there was a decreased activity, both on a protein and on a wet-weight basis, of enzymes concerned with the glucose entry into metabolic pathways, namely hexokinase (both type I and, especially, type II) and pentose cycle dehydrogenases, as well as of pyruvate kinase. This could be connected with the defective glucose utilization by adipose tissue in diabetes. Beside the above-mentioned dehydrogenases, malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (NADP) was also diminished. The reduction of these NADPH-forming enzymes, which supply reducing equivalents for fatty acid synthesis, would suggest a depressed lipogenesis.
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PMID:Enzymes of glucose metabolism and of the citrate cleavage pathway in adipose tissue of normal and diabetic subjects. 118 27

In the subcommissural organ (SCO) of the guinea pig, rat, golden hamster, and mouse the activity and distribution of enzymes related to the energy-supplying metabolism and of some marker enzymes of different cell organelles have been investigated by means of mostly modified histochemical methods. The results were compared with findings in the ciliated ependyma of the ventricular wall and with those in the ependyma of the choroid plexus of the third ventricle. In the ependymal part of the SCO only a moderate activity of hexokinase is observed in its specialized columnar cells whereas a high activity is present both in the ciliated ependyma and the choroid plexus. - The staining pattern of glucose-6-phosphatase is similar to that of hexokinase but this enzyme is found is the SCO only. - Likewise hexokinase, glycogen granules and enzymes related to glycogen metabolism (phosphoglucomutase, uridine-diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase, glycogen synthetase and phosphorylase) are regularly found most numerous and active in the nuclear and supra-nuclear area of the ependymal part. These enzymes are less active in both the other ependymal regions. - Uridine-diphosphoglucose dehydrogenase could not be demonstrated in the SCO. The NADP-linked enzymes of the pentose phosphate shunt, glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, show a moderate activity which decreases also from the nuclear towards the apical area of the ependymal cells of the SCO. Enzymes of the glycolytic pathway, such as glucosephosphate isomerase, fructose-6-phosphate kinase, fructose-I,6-diphosphate aldolase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and lactate dehydrogenase, are highly active in the SCO and are located mainly in the supranuclear area, too. Fructose-1,6-diphosphatase could not be demonstrated thus indicating that in the SCO the pathway is most probably only glycolytic but not gluconeogenetic. Compared to the ependyma of the ventricular wall and of the choroid plexus, in the SCO the M type subunits of lactate dehydrogenase predominate. Glycolytic enzymes are also very active in the choroid plexus but less in the ciliated ependyma. Compared to the ciliated ependyma and especially to the ependyma of the choroid plexus, the activities of enzymes which are only present in mitochondria (NAD-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, NAD-linked malate dehydrogenase after preextraction, cytochrome oxidase, 3-hydroxybutyrate and glycerolphosphate and glutamate dehydrogenase) are relatively low. Mitochondria are accumulated near the superior pole of the nuclei as well as in the most apical part of the ependymal cells. - The staining pattern of NADP-linked isocitrate and malate dehydrogenase as well as of NADH dehydrogenase suggests that these enzymes are localized both in and out of mitochondria. The extramitochondrial activity of the first two enzymes might be localized in the cytosol. The extramitochondrial activity of NADH dehydrogenase might be localized in the endoplasmic reticulum...
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PMID:Enzymatic organization of the subcommissural organ. 123 49

The activity of 19 enzymes (hexokinase, glucoso-6-phosphatisomerase, alpha-glycerophosphate-, lactate-, succinate-, isocitrate-, malate-, glucoso-6-phosphate-, 6-phosphogluconate-, glutamate-, alcohol-, inosine-5'-phosphate-, guanosine-5'-monophosphate-dehydrogenase, cytochromoxidase NAD.N2- and NADP.N2-diaphorase, monoaminoxidase, alkaline and acid phosphatase) was studied comparatively in the mucosa of control rats and in tumors of the small intestine (27), and large intestine (176), induced in 41 rats percutaneously by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine. A decreased level of the enzymes of tissue respiration and Krebs cycle was found with a simultaneous increase in the activity of the enzymes of glycolysis and pentoso-monophosphate shunt. These data evidence variations in tumor metabolism consisting in oxidizing phosphorylation, being replaced by aerobic glycosis, and also reflecting an intensive proliferation of tumor cells.
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PMID:[An enzymohistochemical study of experimental tumors of the intestine]. 123 60

During steady-state, the Pi released in the medium is derived from glucose-6-phosphate which continuously regenerates the ATP hydrolyzed. A membrane potential (delta psi) can be built up in submitochondrial particles using glucose-6-phosphate and hexokinase as an ATP-regenerating system. The energy derived from the membrane potential thus formed, can be used to promote the energy-dependent transhydrogenation from NADH to NADP+ and the uphill electron transfer from succinate to NAD+. In spite of the large differences in the energies of hydrolysis of ATP (delta G degrees = -7.0 to -9.0 kcal/mol) and of glucose-6-phosphate (delta G degrees = -2.5 kcal/mol), the same ratio between Pi production and either NADPH or NADH formation were measured regardless of whether millimolar concentrations of ATP or a mixture of ADP, glucose-6-phosphate and hexokinase were used. Rat liver mitochondria were able to accumulate Ca2+ when incubated in a medium containing hexokinase, ADP and glucose-6-phosphate. The different reaction measured with the use of glucose-6-phosphate and hexokinase were inhibited by glucose concentrations varying from 0.2 to 2 mM. Glucose shifts the equilibrium of the reaction towards glucose-6-phosphate formation thus leading to a decrease of the ATP concentration in the medium.
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PMID:Reversal of oxidative phosphorylation in submitochondrial particles using glucose 6-phosphate and hexokinase as an ATP regenerating system. 149 30

Five clones of axenic E. histolytica (HMI) grown as discrete colonies in semisolid agar medium were adapted in liquid medium and labelled as HMI-C121, HMI-C131, HMI-C143, HMI-C144 and HMI-C145. Isoenzymes of these 5 clones of E. histolytica (HMI) were investigated in starch gel electrophoresis. There were no differences in the electromobility of maleate NADP oxidoreductase and glucosephosphoisomerase amongst the five clones and uncloned cultures of axenic E. histolytica. The relative electromobility (rf) of a single phosphoglucomutase (PGM) band of uncloned Mexican E. histolytica (HMI) and Indian axenic E. histolytica (KCG: 0986: 11) cultures and cloned E. histolytica HMI-C121, HMI-C145 was 0.087 while a single PGM band of uncloned E. histolytica (NIH: 200) and cloned E. histolytica HMI-C131, HMI-C143 and HMI-C144 cultures had rf of 0.075. Isoenzyme characterization of four cloned HMI-C121, HMI-C131, HMI-C143, HMI-C144 cultures of axenic E. histolytica (HMI) revealed existence of three bands of hexokinase (HK). The additional third band of HK was located close to the place of application of lysate and had rf ranging from 0.11-0.14. The data indicated that parent axenic E. histolytica (HMI) consisted of several populations and each population expressed different isoenzyme pattern without an association of amoebic cultures with any bacterial species.
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PMID:Variations in isoenzymes of cloned & uncloned axenic Entamoeba histolytica without bacterial association. 153 84

Five clones of axenic Entamoeba histolytica (HMI) grown as discrete colonies in semisolid agar medium were adapted in liquid medium and labelled as HMI-C121, HMI-C131, HMI-C143, HMI-C144 and HMI-C145. The clone HMI-C121 was more cytotoxic to the cultured Baby Hamster Kidney (BHK) cells while all other clones were significantly (P less than 0.001) less cytotoxic as compared to the cloned HMI-C121 and uncloned E. histolytica (HMI). The uncloned Indian axenic E. histolytica (KCG:0986:11) as well as E. histolytica (NIH:200) cultures were significantly (P less than 0.001) less cytotoxic to cultured BHK cells. No difference in the electromobility of maleate NADP oxidoreductase (ME) or glucophosphate isomerase (GPI) isoenzyme in the lysates of all the cloned and uncloned cultures of E. histolytica was observed. The clones HMI-C121, HMI-C131, HMI-G143 and HMI-C144 had three bands of hexokinase (HK) while all uncloned cultures and one of clones, HMI-C145 had only two bands. Though cloned and uncloned cultures had a single PGM band, the relative electromobility (rf) of phosphoglucomutase (PGM) for clone HMI-C131, HMI-C143 HMI-C144 was relatively less (rf 0.075) and these were also significantly (P less than 0.001) less cytotoxic to BHK cells as compared to clone HMI-C121. It is felt that axenic E. histolytica culture consists of several populations (clones) and expression of isoenzymes pattern or cytotoxic potentials would depend upon the population which predominantly multiples and outgrows other populations in the culture system.
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PMID:Variations in cytotoxicity and isoenzyme patterns of uncloned and cloned cultures of axenic Entamoeba histolytica. 186 71

Rats bearing the Walker-256 carcinosarcoma have a profoundly altered liver metabolite content with significant increases in the concentrations of glucose 6-phosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, citrate, lactate, and alanine, while the concentrations of glucose, pyruvate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate, and glutamine are decreased. As a result of these changes both the cytosolic NAD+/NADH ratio and the cytosolic phosphorylation potential are significantly lowered while no changes are detected in either the cytosolic NADP+/NADPH ratio or the mitochondrial NAD+/NADH ratio. These hepatic changes are accompanied by marked increases in the circulating concentrations of lactate, non-esterified fatty acids, and triacylglycerols. The activities of both liver hexokinase and phosphofructokinase are also significantly elevated in the tumor-bearing rats. The changes observed both in the redox state and phosphorylation potential are in agreement with the energy imbalance associated with tumor burden.
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PMID:The energy state of tumor-bearing rats. 199 70

Selected aspects of the metabolism of Plasmodium falciparum are reviewed, but conclusions based on the study of other species of plasmodia are intentionally not included since these may not be applicable. The parasites increase glucose consumption 50-100 fold as compared to uninfected red cells; most of the glucose is metabolized to lactic acid. The parasite contains a complete set of glycolytic enzymes. Some enzymes such a hexokinase, enolase and pyruvate kinase are vastly increased over corresponding levels in uninfected red cells. However, the pathway for synthesizing 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) is absent. Parasitized red cells show a decline in the concentration of 2,3-DPG which may function as an inhibitor for certain essential enzyme pathways. Pentose shunt activity is increased in absolute terms, but as a percent of total glucose consumption, there is a decrease during parasite infection of the red cell. The parasite contains a gene for G6PD and can produce a small quantity of parasite-encoded enzyme. It is not clear if the production of this enzyme can be up-regulated in G6PG deficient host red cells. The NADPH normally produced by the pentose shunt can be obtained from other parasite pathways (such as glutamate dehydrogenase). NADPH may subserve additional needs in the infected red cell such as driving diribonucleotide reductase activity--a rate limiting enzyme in DNA synthesis. The role of NADPH in protecting the parasite-red cell system against oxidative stress (via glutathione reduction) remains controversial. Parasitized red cells contain about 10 times more NAD(H) than uninfected red cells, but the NADP(H) content is unchanged.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Plasmodium falciparum carbohydrate metabolism: a connection between host cell and parasite. 225 22

A histochemical procedure was established for the microphotometric determination of hexokinase (HK) in sections of the rat hippocampus, which served as an exemplary brain region. For this quantitative procedure, slides were coated with glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) as an auxiliary enzyme and sections were mounted onto this enzyme film. The sections were then incubated with the following adapted incubation medium: 5 mM D-glucose, 1.5 mM NADP, 7.5 mM ATP, 4 mM nitroblue tetrazolium chloride, 10 mM NaN3, 10 mM MgCl2, 0.25 mM phenazine methosulfate, 1 U/ml G6PDH, 22% polyvinyl alcohol in 0.05 M Hepes buffer; the final pH was 7.5. A linear response of the reaction was observed in the initial 10 min of reaction (kinetic and end-point measurements). The relationship between HK activity and section thickness was linear up to 5 microns. The need for such thin sections is discussed in relation to the limited penetration of the auxiliary enzyme into the section. It is concluded that the quantitative demonstration of HK in brain sections could be a valuable tool for studying the local metabolic entrance of glucose in the glycolytic pathway.
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PMID:Microphotometric determination of enzymes in brain sections. I. Hexokinase. 231 56


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