Giroix M H, Sener A, Malaisse W J
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1985 Jul 1;829(3):354-7. doi: 10.1016/0167-4838(85)90244-4.
In rat parotid or pancreatic islet homogenates incubated at 7 degrees C, hexokinase displayed a greater affinity for but a lower maximal velocity with the alpha-anomer, as distinct from beta-anomer, of D-mannose. The anomeric specificity of mammalian hexokinase was similar in the case of D-mannose and D-glucose, but represented a mirror image of that of yeast hexokinase.
