Protein Information

Name Hexokinase II
Synonyms HK II; HK2; HKII; HXK 2; HXK2; Hexokinase 2; Hexokinase II; Hexokinase type II…

Compound Information

Name rotenone
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Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
20143419 Corona JC, Gimenez-Cassina A, Lim F, Diaz-Nido J: Hexokinase II gene transfer protects against neurodegeneration in the rotenone and MPTP mouse models of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci Res. 2010 Feb 8.
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19033437 Gimenez-Cassina A, Lim F, Cerrato T, Palomo GM, Diaz-Nido J: Mitochondrial hexokinase II promotes neuronal survival and acts downstream of glycogen synthase kinase-3. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 30;284(5):3001-11. Epub 2008 Nov 25.

Interfering with either the mitochondrial binding of HKII or HKII expression significantly diminished the neuroprotection evoked by GSK-3 inhibition, and importantly, HKII overexpression is sufficient to protect against rotenone-induced cell death.
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