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). —Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 17 May 2016

Word History

Etymology

from the position at which the phosphate group is attached

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

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