Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in lichen planus skin

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Abstract
The apparent Km for G-6-P of the enzyme G-6-P dehydrogenase was measured in extracts prepared from biopsies of normal human skin and from both affected and apparently normal skin of patients with lichen planus. No differences of Km were found and starch gel electrophoresis of extracts from lichen planus lesions and normal controls showed similar patterns when stained for G-6-P dehydrogenase activity. These results do not support the view that lichen planus is an inborn error of metabolism in which the structure of G-6-P dehydrogenase of skin is affected.

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