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Deletion of hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activates the unfolded protein response pathway and induces skeletal myopathy.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Mar 2008
Lavery Gareth G, Walker Elizabeth A, Turan Nil, Rogoff Daniela, Ryder Jeffery W, Shelton John M, Richardson James A, Falciani Francesco, White Perrin C, Stewart Paul M, Parker Keith L, McMillan Daniel R
Abstract excerpt
Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PD) is the initial component of a pentose phosphate pathway inside the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that generates NADPH for ER enzymes. In liver H6PD is required for the 11-oxoreductase activity of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1, which converts inactive 11-oxo-glucocorticoids to their active 11-hydroxyl counterparts; consequently, H6PD null mice are relatively...
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