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Identification of the cDNA encoding human 6-phosphogluconolactonase, the enzyme catalyzing the second step of the pentose phosphate pathway(1).

We report the sequence of a human cDNA encoding a protein homologous to devB (a bacterial gene often found in proximity to the gene encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in bacterial genomes) and to the C-terminal part of human hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. The protein was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified and shown to be 6-phosphogluconolactonase, the enzyme catalyzing the second step of the pentose phosphate pathway. Sequence analysis indicates that bacterial devB proteins, the C-terminal part of hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and yeast Sol1-4 proteins are most likely also 6-phosphogluconolactonases and that these proteins are related to glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerases.[1]

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  1. Identification of the cDNA encoding human 6-phosphogluconolactonase, the enzyme catalyzing the second step of the pentose phosphate pathway(1). Collard, F., Collet, J.F., Gerin, I., Veiga-da-Cunha, M., Van Schaftingen, E. FEBS Lett. (1999) [Pubmed]
 
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