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== Function == | == Function == | ||
The Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase is involved in the processing of carbohydrates as it has important roles in the glucose metabolic process (glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway). | The Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase is involved in the processing of carbohydrates as it has important roles in the glucose metabolic process (glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway). | ||
It also has a role in protecting cells from destruction as it produces the co-factor NADPH which plays a role in protecting cells from reactive oxygen species. | It also has a role in protecting cells from destruction as it produces the co-factor NADPH which plays a role in protecting cells from reactive oxygen species <ref>PMID: 20608171</ref>. | ||
== Genomic context == | == Genomic context == | ||
