Human mutations in glucose 6‐phosphate dehydrogenase reflect evolutionary history
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (3) , 485-494
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.14.3.485
Abstract
Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a cytosolic enzyme encoded by a housekeeping X-linked gene whose main function is to produce NADPH, a key electron donor in the defense against oxidizing...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (PO1 HL 59312)
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