glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity

Term ID

GO:0004345

Synonyms

• 6-phosphoglucose dehydrogenas
• 6-phosphoglucose dehydrogenase activity
• D-glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity
• D-glucose-6-phosphate:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase activity
• Entner-doudoroff enzyme
• G6PD activity
• G6PDH
• GDH
• glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP) activity
• glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase activity
• NADP-dependent glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity
• NADP-glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity
• Zwischenferment

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: D-glucose 6-phosphate + NADP+ = D-glucono-1,5-lactone 6-phosphate + NADPH + H+. 1.1.1.49

References

• EC:1.1.1.49
• MetaCyc:GLU6PDEHYDROG-RXN
• RHEA:15841
• Reactome:R-HSA-70377

Ontology

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