The second stage of glycolysis is an isomerization reaction. In this reaction the glucose-6-phosphate is rearranged into fructose-6-phosphate by the enzyme glucose phosphate isomerase. This is a reversible reaction under normal conditions of the cell.
Kinetochore. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; the centromere is difficult to sequence. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page.
Kinetoplastida is a group of flagellated protists belonging to the phylum Euglenozoa, and characterised by the presence of an organelle with a large massed DNA called kinetoplast. The organisms are commonly referred to as kinetoplastids or kinetoplasts The group includes a number of parasites responsible for serious diseases in humans and other animals, as well as various forms found in soil and aquatic environments. Their distinguishing feature, the presence of a kinetoplast, is an unusual DNA-containing granule located within the single mitochondrion associated with the base of the cell's flagella (the basal body). The kinetoplast contains many copies of the mitochondrial genome.