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[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 identical subunits. The gene for G6PD is located on the X chromosome. Human red cell G6PD consists of 515 amino acids...
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