The glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle is a mechanism that regenerates NAD+ from NADH, a by-product of glycolysis. GPD1 is a gene that codes for proteins responsible for converting dihydroxyacetone phosphate and NADH to glycerol-3-phosphate and NAD+ in order to conduct bodily metabolic processes.[1] The gene GPD2 is responsible for the reverse reaction.[2] Its importance in transporting reducing equivalents is secondary to the malate-aspartate shuttle.
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