title: Computer simulation of the metabolic consequences of the combined deficiency of 6-phosphogluconolactonase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in human erythrocytes.
abstract: Computer simulation of the human erythrocyte hexose monophosphate shunt was used to investigate whether the severity of hemolysis, caused by deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, could be influenced by an accompanying deficiency of 6-phosphogluconolactonase. The known kinetics of the enzymes involved in the oxidative part of the hexose monophosphate shunt suggest that partial deficiency of 6-phosphogluconolactonase would not restrict the rate of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate production significantly. It is therefore concluded that the metabolic consequences of a combined deficiency of the two enzymes are unlikely to be responsible for the interpatient variability of the hematologic response to deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
mesh_terms: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C022363:6-phosphogluconolactonase