Patent ID: 8313899

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule, said nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid molecule 45,980 nucleotides in length which is at least 99% identical to SEQ ID NO:6 which encodes a polypeptide that has human glucokinase activity, wherein SEQ ID NO:6 consists of a 5′-noncoding region shown in sequence segment 1-20484 of SEQ ID NO:6, a 3′-non coding region shown in sequence segment 33461-45,980 of SEQ ID NO:6, exon regions shown in sequence segments 20485-20523, 25133-25297, 26173-26328, 27524-27643, 28535-28630, 29740-28838, 30765-30950, 31982-32134, 32867-33097, 33314-33460 of SEQ ID NO:6, and intron regions shown in sequence segments 20524-25132, 25298-26172, 26329-27523, 27644-28534, 28631-28739, 28839-30764, 30951-31981, 32135-32866, 33098-33313 of SEQ ID NO:6; (b) a fragment of (a), comprising at least nucleotides 20485-33460 of SEQ ID NO:6 which encodes a polypeptide having human glucokinase activity and; (c) a nucleic acid molecule which is a complement of the nucleic acid molecules specified in (a)-(b).