In a Portuguese boy with favism G-6PD deficiency was found. Deficiency was due to a G-6PD variant close or identical to Canton-type G-6PD. The muted protein had a lowered catalytic activity and furthermore, was unstable. The post-translational modifications undergone by this deficient G-6PD variant are described.
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Kahn et al. (2009) studied this question.