The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Hexokinase 2 across different species:

hexokinase 2 (HK2), hexokinase 2 (Hk2), hexokinase 2 (hk2), HXK2 (HEXOKINASE 2); ATP binding / fructokinase/ glucokinase/ hexokinase (HXK2)

Other aliases include:

HKII, HXK2, DKFZp686M1669, AI642394, fi09d05, fi17h06, zgc:55926, wu:fi09d05, wu:fi17h06, wu:fi31b04, HK2, ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HEXOKINASE 2, ATHXK2, F6F22.11, F6F22_11, HEXOKINASE 2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Hexokinase 2:

hexokinase 2 – hexokinase-2, muscle – hexokinase-2 – HK II – hexokinase type II – hexokinase II – HXK2 (HEXOKINASE 2); ATP binding / fructokinase/ glucokinase/ hexokinase – hexokinase-2-like

Hexokinase 2 fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – hexokinase activity – kinase activity – nucleotide binding – transferase activity – glucose binding – phosphotransferase activity, alcohol group as acceptor – fructokinase activity – glucokinase activity

Hexokinase 2 is relevant to the following processes:

carbohydrate metabolic process – carbohydrate phosphorylation – glucose metabolic process – glycolysis – lactation – glucose catabolic process – hexokinase-dependent signaling – programmed cell death – sugar mediated signaling pathway

Locations for Hexokinase 2:

cytosol – membrane – mitochondrial outer membrane – mitochondrion – cellular_component – plastid

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology