Abstract
Studies on multiple molecular forms (isoenzymes) of the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in animals including man so far published were reviewed.
Comparison was made among glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase isoenzymes from some rodents and man with regard to their electrophoretic mobility, intracellular location and sensitivity to inhibitors. It has been shown that the animals studied possess two major isoenzymes, fast and slow moving, and that they apparently differ in the intracellular location and sensitivity to inhibitors. The results suggest a possible functional differentiation between these two major isoenzymes.
