G6PD Deficiency: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
A branch of glucose metabolism, parallel to glycolysis, where glucose-6-phosphate is diverted to produce cellular NADPH and ribose-5-phosphate; metabolites important in redox homeostasis, nucleotide and fatty acid synthesis. Due to loss of hemoglobin O2 binding, symptoms are largely related to O2 deficiency. An endogenous antioxidant that protects the cell from oxidative stress by neutralizing ROS; […]
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