[Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase].

Article

[Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 May 1995

Fujii H

Abstract excerpt

Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) plays a key role in the generation of NADPH which is essential for maintaining glutathione in the reduce state, and in the production of ribose 5-phosphate for the synthesis of nucleotides. G6PD in its active form is either a dimer or tetramer consisting i...

Topics

Anemia, Hemolytic
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Humans
Mutation

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