The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase across different species:

phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD), Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (Pgd), phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (Pgd), phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (pgd), phosphogluconate hydrogenase (pgd), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (GND1a|GND1b), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (Thal_1580), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (GY4MC1_3101), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (Odosp_2189), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (Marky_1024), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (gnd)

Other aliases include:

6PGD, 6-PGD, 6PGDH, A7, EG:87B1.4, N1, PGD, Pdg, l(1)2Dc, l(1)2De, l(1)A7, l(1)G0385, l(1)N1, l(1)N3[90], l(1)Pgd, l(1)Pgd-A, l35, DmelCG3724, CG3724, C78335, AU019875, 0610042A05Rik, Cc2-27, pgd, fi03d03, zgc:55585, wu:fi03d03, zgc:111848, 6-PGDH, GND1b

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase:

phosphogluconate dehydrogenase – 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase – CG3724-PA – Pgd-PA – NADP-6 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase – OTTMUSP00000011754 – phosphogluconate hydrogenase – 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) – 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating

Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase fulfills a number of functions:

NADP or NADPH binding – oxidoreductase activity – phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) activity – protein binding – binding – catalytic activity – coenzyme binding – phosphogluconate 2-dehydrogenase activity – DNA binding – carboxylic acid binding – sugar binding

Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase is relevant to the following processes:

oxidation reduction – pentose biosynthetic process – pentose-phosphate shunt, oxidative branch – pentose-phosphate shunt – metabolic process – D-gluconate metabolic process – NADP metabolic process – carbohydrate metabolic process

Locations for Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase:

cytoplasm – microsome – soluble fraction

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology