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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). | |||
Leuconostoc ''mesenteroides'' is a facultactively anaerobic micro-organism which metabolizes glucose to generate lactic acid, ethanol but also carbon dioxyde. | |||
This reaction is catalysed by G6PD synthesised NADH ; NADH is used in this heterolactic fermentation and the biosynthesis of fatty acids. Thus, G6PD plays an essential, amphibolic role in the metabolism of L. mesenteroides. | |||
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 <ref>PMID: 20608171</ref>. | 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>. | ||
