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)

1. (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葡萄糖-6-磷酸異構酶／葡萄糖-6-磷酸异构酶 (pútáotáng-6-línsuān yìgòuméi)

• German: Glucose-6-phosphat-Isomerase f