GPD1, also known as glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, is an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of dihydroxyacetone phosphate to sn-glycerol 3-phosphate. (sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + NAD+ = glycerone phosphate + NADH) Older terms for glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase include alpha glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and glycerolphosphate dehydrogenase. However, GPD1 is not the same as glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) whose substrate is an aldehyde not an alcohol. Recombinant GPD1 protein was expressed in E.coli and purified by using conventional chromatography techniques. Synonyms: , Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD+] AI747587, EC 1.1.1.8, FLJ26652, G3PD, Gdc-1, Gdc1, Gdp1, Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase 1, Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase cytosolic, Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase soluble, Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD+], cytoplasmic, Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 (soluble), Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, soluble, Glycerphosphate dehydrogenase, GPD-C, Gpd1 protein, GPD2, Gpd3, Gpdc, GPDH, GPDH-C, Gpdhc, KIAA4010, MGC93453, MGPD, mKIAA4010. NCBI no.: NP_005267