6-phosphogluconolactonase (EC:3.1.1.31) is the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of 6-phosphogluconolactone to 6-phosphogluconate, the second step in the pentose phosphate pathway.
Collard F, Collet JF, Gerin I, Veiga-da-Cunha M, Van Schaftingen E.
Identification of the cDNA encoding human 6-phosphogluconolactonase, the enzyme catalyzing the second step of the pentose phosphate pathway(1).
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[PubMed: 10518023] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01247-8