To save this word, you'll need to log in.
Definition of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
: an enzyme found especially in red blood cells that dehydrogenates glucose-6-phosphate in a glucose degradation pathway alternative to the Krebs cycle
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
What made you want to look up glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
July 2020 Words of the Day Quiz
- Which is a synonym of mien?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
- July 2020 Words of the Day Quiz Take the quiz
- Difficult Spelling Words Quiz
Can you spell these 15 tricky spelling words?
Take the quiz - Spell It
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
Take the quiz - Dictionary Devil
The dictionary has been scrambled—can you put it back together?
Play the game
Share glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Time Traveler for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
The first known use of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was in 1954
See more words from the same year