MOLECULE

Glucose 6-phosphate

Glucose 6-phosphate, also known as robison ester or GLC6P, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as hexose phosphates. These are carbohydrate derivatives containing a hexose substituted by one or more phosphate groups. Glucose 6-phosphate is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Glucose 6-phosphate exists in all living species, ranging from bacteria to humans. Within humans, glucose 6-phosphate participates in a number of enzymatic reactions. In particular, glucose 6-phosphate can be converted into D-glucose through the action of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase. In addition, glucose 6-phosphate can be biosynthesized from glucose 1-phosphate through its interaction with the enzyme phosphoglucomutase-1. In humans, glucose 6-phosphate is involved in the metabolic disorder called the glycogen storage disease type 1A (gsd1a) or von gierke disease pathway. A glucopyranose ring with a phosphate replacing the hydroxy in the hydroxymethyl group at position 6. Glucose 6-phosphate is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.