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glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

noun

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

First Known Use of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

1954

Medical Dictionary

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

noun

medical 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

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