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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in lichen planus skin.
Ryan M, Phizackerley PJ, Ryan TJ, Ellis JP, Powell SM
The British journal of dermatology
Jun 1, 1976
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Abstract
The apparent Michaelis constant (Km) for glucose-6-phosphate of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase has been measured in extracts prepared from biopsies of normal human skin and from both affected and apparently normal skin of patients with lichen planus. No differences of Km were found and starch gel electrophoresis of extracts from lichen planus lesions and normal controls showed similar patterns when stained for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. These results do not support the view that lichen planus is an inborn error of metabolism in which the structure of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase of skin is affected.
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- PubMed ID:
- 949457
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