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The enzyme of hexose monophosphate shunt which is responsible for the resistance to malaria in some Africans is 

Option: 1

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase


Option: 2

Gluconolactonase


Option: 3

6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase


Option: 4

Transaldolase


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Resistance to malaria in some Africans are associated with a deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme because malarial parasites depend upon HMP shunt to reduce glutathione in RBCs.

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