Hepatic fructokinase (or ketohexokinase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose to produce fructose-1-phosphate.
Pathology
A deficiency is associated with essential fructosuria.
References
- ^ Bais R, James HM, Rofe AM, Conyers RA (1985). "The purification and properties of human liver ketohexokinase. A role for ketohexokinase and fructose-bisphosphate aldolase in the metabolic production of oxalate from xylitol". Biochem. J. 230 (1): 53–60. doi:10.1042/bj2300053. PMC 1152585. PMID 2996495.
External links
- Hepatic+fructokinase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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