Study of the regulatory properties of glucokinase by site-directed mutagenesis: conversion of glucokinase to an enzyme with high affinity for glucose.

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To identify the amino acids involved in the specific regulatory properties of glucokinase, and particularly its low affinity for glucose, mutants of the human islet enzyme have been prepared, in which glucokinase-specific residues have been replaced. Two mutations increased the affinity for glucose by twofold (K296M) and sixfold (Y214A), the latter also decreasing the Hill coefficient from 1.75 to 1.2 with...

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