Glycerol-3-phosphate_dehydrogenase_(quinone)

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (quinone)

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (quinone)

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Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.5.3 is an enzyme with systematic name sn-glycerol 3-phosphate:quinone oxidoreductase.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + quinone glycerone phosphate + quinol
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This flavin-dependent dehydrogenase is a membrane enzyme. It participates in glycolysis, respiration and phospholipid biosynthesis.


References

  1. Ringler RL (April 1961). "Studies on the mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. II. Extraction and partial purification of the dehydrogenase from pig brain". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 236 (4): 1192–8. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)64266-8. PMID 13741763.
  2. MacDonald MJ, Brown LJ (February 1996). "Calcium activation of mitochondrial glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase restudied". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 326 (1): 79–84. doi:10.1006/abbi.1996.0049. PMID 8579375.
  3. Rauchová H, Fato R, Drahota Z, Lenaz G (August 1997). "Steady-state kinetics of reduction of coenzyme Q analogs by glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in brown adipose tissue mitochondria". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 344 (1): 235–41. doi:10.1006/abbi.1997.0150. PMID 9244403.
  4. Larsson C, Påhlman IL, Ansell R, Rigoulet M, Adler L, Gustafsson L (March 1998). "The importance of the glycerol 3-phosphate shuttle during aerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Yeast. 14 (4): 347–57. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19980315)14:4<347::AID-YEA226>3.0.CO;2-9. PMID 9559543.

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