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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Clinical / pharmacological. G6PD deficiency: oxidative haemolysis, Heinz bodies, bite cells, favism

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Pentose Phosphate Pathway (Oxidative and Non-oxidative phases) Carbohydrate Metabolism · Cytosol

step 1 Irreversible rate-limiting

Glucose-6-phosphate + NADP+ → 6-phosphoglucono-delta-lactone + NADPH + H+

Converts Glucose-6-phosphate NADP+ into 6-Phosphoglucono-delta-lactone NADPH H+

› Notes

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) uses NADP+ and is the first, rate-limiting, committed, and irreversible oxidative PPP reaction. It generates the first NADPH and is stimulated by a high NADP+/NADPH ratio.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

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No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.

Recent literature

Europe PMC · from cache · sorted by publication date

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    An immune-adaptive 3D-printed scaffold promotes endogenous osteogenesis by engineered macrophage capture traps.

    Zhu Z, Gu P, Li X, Xiao X, Wang H, Liang J, Fan Y, Sun Y. · 2026-08-14

    unreviewed
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    Lipidomic profiling of PEX11β knockout T-REx 293 cells reveals lipid shifts suggesting potential metabolic perturbations.

    Jeng S, Soni M, Kalel VC, Schliebs W, Erdmann R, Schulz F. · 2026-09-17

    unreviewed
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    Metabolic regulation of oocyte maturation and early embryo development in mammals.

    Rong S, Fu Y, Li Y, Jiang YC, Chen L, Zhao Y, Zhu W, Mu L. · 2026-08-06

    open access unreviewed
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    NOX2/NOX4-associated oxidative stress contributes to G6PD-associated metabolic remodeling and ferroptosis during mice luteolysis.

    Li F, Song J, Zou W, Zhang Y, Cheng Y, Zhao H, Yang B, Kuang H. · 2026-09-04

    open access unreviewed
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    Lactylation in influenza a virus infection: Current evidence, knowledge gaps, and future perspectives.

    Yan YC, Li Z, He H, Wu M, Yang H, Wei F. · 2026-08-02

    open access unreviewed
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    Psychotherapy vs antidepressants in heart failure: Impact of adherence.

    IsHak WW, Hamilton MA, Diniz MA, Mirocha J, Chernoff R, Hedrick R, Aronow H, Darwish T, Messineo G, Pasini M,… · 2026-07-30

    unreviewed
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