Reaction: D-glucose 6-phosphate + NAD(P)+ = 6-phospho-D-glucono-1,5-lactone + NAD(P)H + H+
Other name(s): G6PDH; G6PD; Glc6PD
Systematic name: D-glucose-6-phosphate:NAD(P)+ 1-oxidoreductase
Comments: The enzyme catalyses a step of the pentose phosphate pathway. The enzyme from the Gram-positive bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides prefers NADP+ while the enzyme from the Gram-negative bacterium Gluconacetobacter xylinus prefers NAD+. cf. EC 1.1.1.49, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP+) and EC 1.1.1.388, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD+).
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References:
1. Olive, C., Geroch, M.E. and Levy, H.R. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Kinetic studies. J. Biol. Chem. 246 (1971) 2047-2057. [PMID: 4396688]
2. Lee, W.T. and Levy, H.R. Lysine-21 of Leuconostoc mesenteroides glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase participates in substrate binding through charge-charge interaction. Protein Sci. 1 (1992) 329-334. [PMID: 1304341]
3. Cosgrove, M.S., Naylor, C., Paludan, S., Adams, M.J. and Levy, H.R. On the mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Biochemistry 37 (1998) 2759-2767. [PMID: 9485426]
4. Ragunathan, S. and Levy, H.R. Purification and characterization of the NAD-preferring glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Acetobacter hansenii (Acetobacter xylinum). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 310 (1994) 360-366. [PMID: 8179320]