Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase often causes hyroperoxide damage hemoglobin and cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds in the phospholipid tails of cell membranes. Explain why this happen?

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anonymous · Answer

Hi, is that a question from your school work?

abb0t · Answer

Yes.

anonymous · Answer

Ok then can you please copy and past the question and the muliple chioce

abb0t · Answer

That is the question and there is no multiple choice.

anonymous · Answer

ok hold on let me look hold on?

abb0t · Answer

Look where?

opcode · Answer

@abb0t 
Have you tried "Google"?

anonymous · Answer

in my bology book, and i think i know it ut i want to be sure..ok hold on

anonymous · Answer

woow.bye

opcode · Answer

How interesting. 
I don't have a clue what your talking about :(
Ahahaah, stupidity at it's finest. -.-

opcode · Answer

So high school biology doesn't cover this?
Thank god! I was about to say, "Oh -insert s word- I'm going to fail my finals-.
Good luck on your exams :P

abb0t · Answer

Lol. You do learn about this cycle in high school biology, but you don't go onto discussions what's happening on a molecular level until about your 3rd year of college. And that's ONLY if you're a biochemistry-chemistry major.

opcode · Answer

Ugh. Poor brain overload.
Thanks for the info thou ;)

frostbite · Answer

well abb0t you have brought my curiosity up. Might giving the answer then?
Personally I only know that G-6-P dehydrogenase plays a rolein the protection again reactive oxygen species.

frostbite · Answer

But is it becuase pentose phosphate pathway is runing low?

abb0t · Answer

Yes. You're on the right track. What does the pentose phosphate pathway generate?

frostbite · Answer

NADPH

abb0t · Answer

Yes, correct! 
And NADPH is a reductant which reduces g________ ?

You may or may not know this one. But it's the key to the answer.

frostbite · Answer

Glutathione (a bit unsure)

frostbite · Answer

Naa can't be.

abb0t · Answer

No, you're right. Lol.

abb0t · Answer

Which helps with hyperoxide in the mitochondria.

abb0t · Answer

hydroperoxide*

frostbite · Answer

I see, but is the reaction catalyzed by glutathione reducatase or is it spontaneous?

abb0t · Answer

I think if I remember correctly, it's done by glutathione peroxidase.

frostbite · Answer

Oh well... nice I've learned something new, that might make up for tomorrow when going to hvae a whooole day hearing about DNA

frostbite · Answer

Thank you for the enlightenment :)