Catalytic activation of human glucokinase by substrate binding: residue contacts involved in the binding of D-glucose to the super-open form and conformational transitions.

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alpha-D-Glucose activates glucokinase (EC 2.7.1.1) on its binding to the active site by inducing a global hysteretic conformational change. Using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence as a probe on the alpha-D-glucose induced conformational changes in the pancreatic isoform 1 of human glucokinase, key residues involved in the process were identified by site-directed mutagenesis. Single-site W-->F mutations enabled...

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