Moonlighting Proteins: The Case of the Hexokinases

Moonlighting proteins are defined as proteins with two or more functions that are unrelated and independent to each other, so that inactivation of one of them should not affect the second one and vice versa. Intriguingly, all the glycolytic enzymes are described as moonlighting proteins in some orga...

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Main Authors: Carolina Rodríguez-Saavedra, Luis Enrique Morgado-Martínez, Andrés Burgos-Palacios, Beatriz King-Díaz, Montserrat López-Coria, Sobeida Sánchez-Nieto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.701975/full