Commonly confused

Hexokinase vs Glucokinase

The tell

Hexokinase is everywhere, has a low Km, and is product-inhibited. Glucokinase is liver and β-cell, high Km, and only engages when glucose is plentiful.

Pairs like this are where exam points go missing, the concepts are fine, the labels swap. Retrieval fixes it faster than rereading: the daily quiz mixes confusable pairs into every set.

Today’s daily quiz All confusable pairs