Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q21106208
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Summary

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2 is a protein[1]. It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Part of: glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (quinone)[3], FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily[4], EF-hand domain pair[5], Alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase, C-terminal domain superfamily[6], EF-hand domain, protein family[7], FAD dependent oxidoreductase domain, protein family[8], Alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase, C-terminal domain, protein family[9], EF-Hand 1, calcium-binding site, protein family[10]
  • Has part(s): Alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase, C-terminal[11], EF-hand domain[12], EF-hand 1, calcium-binding site[13], FAD dependent oxidoreductase domain[14]
  • Molecular function: sn-glycerol-3-phosphate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity[15], calcium ion binding[16], oxidoreductase activity[17], glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (quinone) activity[18], sn-glycerol-3-phosphate:ubiquinone-8 oxidoreductase activity[19], metal ion binding[20], glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD+] activity[21]
  • Cell component: mitochondrion[22], glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase complex[23], mitochondrial inner membrane[24]
  • Biological process: gluconeogenesis[25], camera-type eye development[26], glycerol-3-phosphate metabolic process[27], multicellular organism growth[28], glycerol catabolic process[29], glycerophosphate shuttle[30], glycerol-3-phosphate catabolic process[31]
  • Encoded by: GPD2[32]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[33]
  • Exact match: https://identifiers.org/uniprot:P43304[34], http://purl.uniprot.org/uniprot/P43304[35], https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/P43304[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Mutation in the calcium-binding domain of the mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase gene in a family of diabetic subjects. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Boghog · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Encoded by → GPD2
    Wikidata description → mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
    Molecular function → sn-glycerol-3-phosphate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity, calcium ion binding, oxidoreductase activity +5
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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