glucose-6-phosphate isomerase
English
glucose-6-phosphate isomerase dimer
Alternative forms
- GPI (initialism)
- phosphoglucose isomerase
- phosphoglucoisomerase
- phosphohexose isomerase
Noun
glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (plural glucose-6-phosphate isomerases)
- (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes intercellular the interconversion of glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) and fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) and functions extracellular as a neurotrophic factor and lymphokine.
Translations
enzyme
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