The structure of mammalian hexokinase-1

Nat Struct Biol. 1998 Jul;5(7):555-60. doi: 10.1038/811.

Abstract

We have determined the structures of the glucose-6-phosphate (G6P)-inhibitable 100,000 Mr Type I hexokinase from rat and the G6P-sensitive 50,000 Mr hexokinase from Schistosoma mansoni at a resolution of 2.8 and 2.6 A respectively. The structures define the glucose and G6P binding sites in these enzymes, suggest the mechanisms of intradomain G6P inhibition and activity loss in the Type I hexokinase N-terminal half, and reveal the structure of the membrane targeting motif that integrates the Type I hexokinase into the outer mitochondrial membrane.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Glucose / chemistry
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate / chemistry
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate / metabolism
  • Hexokinase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Hexokinase / chemistry*
  • Hexokinase / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Conformation*
  • Rats
  • Schistosoma mansoni / enzymology

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate
  • Hexokinase
  • Glucose

Associated data

  • PDB/1BDG
  • PDB/1BG3