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Glycerol 3-phosphate

 
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Glycerol 3-phosphate
IUPAC name
Other names
Glycerol-1-phosphate
Glycerophosphate
α-glycerolphosphate
Identifiers
CAS number [57-03-4]
PubChem 754
MeSH glycerol+3-phosphate
SMILES
ChemSpider ID 734
Properties
Molecular formula C3H9O6P
Molar mass 172.074
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Infobox references

Glycerol 3-phosphate should not be confused with the similarly named glycerate 3-phosphate or glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.

Function

Glycerol 3-phosphate is produced from glycerol, the triose sugar backbone of triglycerides and glycerophospholipids, by the enzyme glycerol kinase. Glycerol 3-phospate may then be converted by dehydrogenation to dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) by the enzyme glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. DHAP can then be rearranged into glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate(GA3P) by triose phosphate isomerase(TIM), and feed into glycolysis.

The glycerol 3-phosphate shuttle is used to rapidly regenerate NAD+ in brain and skeletal muscle cells of mammals.

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