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Stimulation by D-glucose of mitochondrial respiration
1Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, Belgium.
Experientia
|July 15, 1988
Abstract:
D-glucose increases O2 uptake by cerebellum mitochondria. This effect is abolished by D-glucose-6-phosphate and D-mannoheptulose. It is proposed that the phosphorylation of D-glucose as catalyzed by bound hexokinase directly affects mitochondrial respiration.