, , | Name = Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase | HGNCid = 4057 | Symbol = G6PD | AltSymbols =; G6PD1 | OMIM = 305900 | ECnumber = | Homologene = 37906 | MGIid = 105979 | GeneAtlas_image1 = PBB_GE_G6PD_202275_at_tn.png | Function = | Component = | Process = | Orthologs = }}Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway (see image), a metabolic pathway that supplies reducing energy to cells (most notably erythrocytes) by maintaining the level of the co-enzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). The NADPH in turn maintains the level of glutathione in these cells that helps protect the red blood cells against oxidative damage.G6PD converts glucose-6-phosphate into 6-phosphoglucono-?-lactone and is the rate-limiting enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway.450px|center|Mechanism of G6PDGlucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is very common worldwide, and cause acute hemolytic anemia in the presence of simple infection,

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