glucose-6-phosphate
noun
: an ester C6H13O9P that is formed from glucose and ATP in the presence of a glucokinase and that is an essential early stage in glucose metabolism
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Some 2,500 years later researchers discovered why that reaction occurred: these people inherit genetic variants that lead to a deficiency in the production of an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD).
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Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 17 May 2016
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Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 17 May 2016
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