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glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity

Known as: NADP-glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, G6PDH, 6-phosphoglucose dehydrogenas 
Catalysis of the reaction: D-glucose 6-phosphate + NADP+ = D-glucono-1,5-lactone 6-phosphate + NADPH + H+. [EC:1.1.1.49]
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Coordinated response of goldfish antioxidant defenses to environmental stress.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Minireview: hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and redox control of 11{beta}-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity.
Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH) is a microsomal enzyme that is able to catalyze the first two reactions of an… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Pollution correlated modifications of liver antioxidant systems and histopathology of fish (Cyprinidae) living in Seyhan Dam Lake, Turkey.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Hpt, a bacterial homolog of the microsomal glucose- 6-phosphate translocase, mediates rapid intracellular proliferation in Listeria
Efficient replication in vivo is essential for a microparasite to colonize its host and the understanding of the molecular… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Importance of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in cell death.
The intracellular redox potential plays an important role in cell survival. The principal intracellular reductant NADPH is mainly… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Identification of the Cysteine Residues Involved in Redox Modification of Plant Plastidic Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase*
The cDNA sequences encoding cytosolic and light-modulated plastidic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) from potato were… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cadmium-induced lipid peroxidation and the status of the antioxidant system in rat tissues.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Studies on lipid peroxidation in rat tissues following administration of low and moderate doses of cadmium chloride.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Increased Cerebral Glucose‐6‐Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Alzheimer's Disease May Reflect Oxidative Stress
Abstract: The activities of the hexose monophosphate pathway enzymes glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase and 6‐phosphogluconate… 
Highly Cited
1943
Highly Cited
1943
THE RÔLE OF MYOKINASE IN TRANSPHOSPHORYLATIONS I. THE ENZYMATIC PHOSPHORYLATION OF HEXOSES BY ADENYL PYROPHOSPHATE
The enzyme which catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose and fructose was described in 1927 by Meyerhof (1). He found that… 
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