- Symbol
- HXK2
- Aliases
- HEX1; HKB; SCI2
- Name
- hexokinase 2
- Organism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Catalyzes the addition of phosphate to glucose to make glucose-6-phosphate
- Observations
- Deletion extends lifespan about 50%.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Lifespan is about 50% higher.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Deletion
- Longevity Category
- Anti-Longevity
- Primary reference
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- Observations
- Mean chronological lifespan strongly increased in the a strain
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Deletion
- Longevity Category
- Anti-Longevity
- Primary reference
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- GenAge model organism genes
- A homolog of this gene for Drosophila melanogaster is present as Hex-A
- A homolog of this gene for Drosophila melanogaster is present as Hex-C
- GenDR gene expression
- A homolog of this gene for Mus musculus is present as Gck
- GenDR gene manipulations
- A homolog of this gene for Drosophila melanogaster is present as Hex-C
- This gene is present as HXK2
- CellAge
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as HK3
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- hxk-2
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- hxk-1
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- hxk-3
- Danio rerio
- hkdc1
- Danio rerio
- gck
- Danio rerio
- hk1
- Danio rerio
- hk2
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Hex-A
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Hex-t1
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Hex-t2
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Hex-C
- Homo sapiens
- HK2
- Homo sapiens
- HK3
- Homo sapiens
- HKDC1
- Homo sapiens
- HK1
- Homo sapiens
- GCK
- Mus musculus
- Hk3
- Mus musculus
- Hkdc1
- Mus musculus
- Hk1
- Mus musculus
- Hk2
- Mus musculus
- Gck
- Rattus norvegicus
- LOC100364027
- Rattus norvegicus
- Hk1
- Rattus norvegicus
- Hk2
- Rattus norvegicus
- Hk3
- Rattus norvegicus
- Gck
- Saccharomyces Genome Database
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GenAge entry for HXK2 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)