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Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase

Known as: Dehydrogenase, Glucose-6-Phosphate, G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) 
Glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase (515 aa, ~59 kDa) is encoded by the human G6PD gene. This protein plays a role in pentose metabolism to produce… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (1)

Alcohol Oxidoreductases
AnabolismAnemiaDeficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenaseEnzyme Gene

Narrower (12)

glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase Palermo, humanglucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase A-glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Aveiroglucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Calvo Mackenna

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Enhanced oxidative stress and accelerated cellular senescence in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient human fibroblasts.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Evidence for adaptive evolution of the G6pd gene in the Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans lineages.
Proponents of the neutral theory argue that evolution at the molecular level largely reflects a process of random genetic drift… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
The molecular basis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Further enzymic characters of Trypanosoma cruzi and their evaluation for strain identification.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Human gene mapping using an X/autosome translocation
Human fibroblasts containing a translocation between the X chromosome and chromosome 15 were fused with the 6-thioguanine… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Premature ageing and occurrance of altered enzyme in Werner's syndrome fibroblasts
HUMAN diploid fibroblasts cannot be propogated indefinitely in culture1. Longevity experiments with fibroblasts grown from skin… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Selective dampening of lipogenic enzymes of liver by exogenous polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
A histochemical identification of the androgen-producing cells in the gonads of the domestic fowl and albino rat.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
A simple visual screening test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency employing ascorbate and cyanide.
HYPERSUSCEPTIBILITY to the hemolytic effects of such oxidant compounds as primaquine, acetylphenylhydrazine and sulfonamides may… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Human Red-cell Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenases
SINCE the advent of starch-gel electrophoresis various enzymes, including serum cholinesterase1, erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate… 
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