Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1

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Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPD1 gene. [1]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the NAD-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase family. The encoded protein plays a critical role in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism by catalyzing the reversible conversion of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) and reduced nicotine adenine dinucleotide (NADH) to glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) and NAD+. The encoded cytosolic protein and mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase also form a glycerol phosphate shuttle that facilitates the transfer of reducing equivalents from the cytosol to mitochondria. Mutations in this gene are a cause of transient infantile hypertriglyceridemia. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene.

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1". Retrieved 2017-03-23.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.