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Eurofins DiscoverX GCK Protein, Active
Active, N-terminal GST- tagged, recombinant, human GCK amino acids 1-473, expressed by baculovirus in Sf21 cells, for use in Kinase Assays.
Brand: Eurofins DiscoverX 14-743M
Description
GCK (Glucokinase) is a member of the hexokinase family of proteins. Hexokinases phosphorylate glucose to produce glucose-6-phosphate, the first step in most glucose metabolism pathways. In contrast to other forms of hexokinase, this enzyme is not inhibited by its product glucose-6-phosphate but remains active while glucose is abundant. The use of multiple promoters and alternative splicing of this gene result in distinct protein isoforms that exhibit tissue-specific expression in the pancreas and liver. In the pancreas, this enzyme plays a role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, while in the liver, this enzyme is important in glucose uptake and conversion to glycogen. Mutations in this gene that alter enzyme activity have been associated with multiple types of diabetes and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
GenBank BC047865
Specifications
mg/mL of enzyme in 50 mM Tris/HCl pH 7.5, 300 mM NaCl, 0.1 mM EGTA, 0.03% Brij-35, 270 mM sucrose, 1 mM benzamidine, 0.2 mM PMSF, 0.1% 2-mercaptoethanol. Frozen solution. | |
250 μg | |
Recombinant | |
Recombinant enzyme expressed in Sf21 insect cells | |
≥38% |
80.6 kDa | |
Human | |
N-terminal GST | |
Truncated | |
GCK, active |
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