Intercellular transport of glucose

Glucose circulating in the blood is either of dietary origin, largely arising from polysaccharides that have been hydrolysed in the gut and transported across the intestinal wall, or endogenously released from tissues, mainly the liver and kidney. Blood glucose 

Mammals (Horse, cow, sheep, goat, pig, dog, cat, monkey, human) 2.5- -8.3 (range)  

Compiled from Sarkar (1977) Veiga et al. (1978) Kaneko (1980) Didier et al. (198l) Marsh Dawson (1982) McMurthy, Rosebrough Steele (1987) Yorita et al. (1987) Donaldson et al. (1991) Minick Duke (1991) Lavin et al. (1992) Swain (1992a,b) Miksik Hodny (1992) Aguilera, Moreno Ferrer (1993) Polo et al. (1994). 

The large negative free energy change is indicative 

Apart from the studies specifically on glucokinase (hexokinase IV) mentioned above, hexokinase activity has been measured in cultured chick embryo hepatocytes (Hamer Dickson, 1990) and in liver homogenates from goose, duck, quail, lapwing, kelp 

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