Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Streptomyces aureofaciens exhibited activity with both NAD and NADP, the maximum reaction rate being 1.6 times higher for NAD-linked activity than for the NADP-linked one. The KM values for NAD-linked activity were 2.5 mM for glucose-6-phosphate and 0.27 mM for NAD, and for NADP-linked activity 0.8 mM for glucose-6-phosphate and 0.08 mM for NADP. NAD- and NADP-linked activities were inhibited by both NADH and NADPH. (2'-phospho-)adenosinediphospho-ribose inhibited only NAD-linked activity. The inhibition was competitive with respect to NAD and noncompetitive with respect to glucose-6-phosphate.
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