Reaction: D-glucose 6-phosphate + NAD+ = 3-dehydro-D-glucose 6-phosphate + NADH + H+
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Glossary: kanosamine = 3-amino-3-deoxy-D-glucose
Other name(s): ntdC (gene name)
Systematic name: D-glucose-6-phosphate:NAD+ oxidoreductase
Comments: The enzyme, found in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, is involved in a kanosamine biosynthesis pathway.
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References:
1. Vetter, N.D., Langill, D.M., Anjum, S., Boisvert-Martel, J., Jagdhane, R.C., Omene, E., Zheng, H., van Straaten, K.E., Asiamah, I., Krol, E.S., Sanders, D.A. and Palmer, D.R. A previously unrecognized kanosamine biosynthesis pathway in Bacillus subtilis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013) 5970-5973. [PMID: 23586652]