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Update on mutations in glucokinase (GCK), which cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young, permanent neonatal diabetes, and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2009
Osbak Kara K, Colclough Kevin, Saint-Martin Cecile, Beer Nicola L, Bellanné-Chantelot Christine, Ellard Sian, Gloyn Anna L
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Glucokinase is a key regulatory enzyme in the pancreatic beta-cell. It plays a crucial role in the regulation of insulin secretion and has been termed the glucose sensor in pancreatic beta-cells. Given its central role in the regulation of insulin release it is understandable that mutations in the gene encoding glucokinase (GCK) can cause both hyper- and hypoglycemia. Heterozygous inactivating mutations in GCK...
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