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Hexokinase
Hexokinase is the first step when your cell burns sugar for energy. It tags glucose so it cannot escape the cell.
Fun fact
It works in almost every living thing on Earth.
Words to know
enzymecell
NGSS alignment
MS-LS1-7Food, energy, and growthMS-LS1-2Inside the cell
Structure
Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P19367. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P19367.
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