Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase 葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶
(重定向自G6PDH)
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD or G6PDH) (EC1.1.1.49) is a cytosolic enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
This enzyme participates in the pentose phosphate pathway (see image), a metabolic pathway that supplies reducing energy to cells (such as erythrocytes) by maintaining the level of the co-enzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). The NADPH in turn maintains the level of glutathione in these cells that helps protect the red blood cells against oxidative damage from compounds like hydrogen peroxide. Of greater quantitative importance is the production of NADPH for tissues actively engaged in biosynthesis of fatty acids and/or isoprenoids, such as the liver, mammary glands, adipose tissue, and the adrenal glands. G6PD reduces NADP to NADPH while oxidizing glucose-6-phosphate.