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glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q421793
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glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

Summary

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is a protein[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of protein entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's instance of is recorded as protein[3].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is part of NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily[4].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is part of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase[5].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is part of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, NAD-binding domain, protein family[6].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is part of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, C-terminal domain, protein family[7].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is part of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, active site, protein family[8].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase comprises Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, C-terminal[9].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase comprises Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, NAD-binding domain[10].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase comprises Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, active site[11].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as protein homodimerization activity[12].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as glucose binding[13].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as protein binding[14].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as NADP binding[15].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as identical protein binding[16].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as oxidoreductase activity[17].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as carbohydrate binding[18].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity[19].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity[20].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's molecular function is recorded as oxidoreductase activity, acting on CH-OH group of donors[21].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's cell component is recorded as cytoplasm[22].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's cell component is recorded as cytosol[23].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's cell component is recorded as membrane[24].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's cell component is recorded as cytoplasmic side of plasma membrane[25].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's cell component is recorded as extracellular exosome[26].
  • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase's cell component is recorded as nucleus[27].

Why It Matters

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase ranks in the top 8% of protein entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Structural studies of glucose-6-phosphate and NADP+ binding to human glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Biochemical variants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase giving rise to congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic disease. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ATM activates the pentose phosphate pathway promoting anti-oxidant defence and DNA repair. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Biochemical variants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase giving rise to congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic disease. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in membranes of erythrocytes from normal individuals and subjects with Mediterranean G6PD deficiency. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Defining the membrane proteome of NK cells. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in membranes of erythrocytes from normal individuals and subjects with Mediterranean G6PD deficiency. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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