A reactant generated by neutrophils that plays an impoant role in bacterial killing is
Superoxide anion is generated when oxygen is reduced by cytoplasmic NADPH. The reduction is carried out by the enzyme NADPH oxidase, which is not a reactant but a catalyst activated in cells responding to bacteria.
NADPH oxidase
Hexose monophosphate shunt
G proteins
Superoxide anion
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