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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase--from oxidative stress to cellular functions and degenerative diseases.
Redox report : communications in free radical research - 1 Jan 2007
Ho Hung-yao, Cheng Mei-ling, Chiu Daniel Tsun-yee
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the first and rate-limiting enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway, is indispensable to maintenance of the cytosolic pool of NADPH and thus the cellular redox balance. The role of G6PD as an antioxidant enzyme has been recognized in erythrocytes for a long time, as its deficiency is associated with neonatal jaundice, drug- or infection-mediated hemolytic crisis, favism...
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