DHAP (or Dihydroxyacetonephosphate) is a biochemical compound involved in many reactions, from the Calvin Cycle in plants to the ether-lipid biosynthesis process in Leishmania mexicana. The Calvin cycle (also known as Calvin-Benson cycle) is a series of biochemical reactions taking place in the chloroplasts of photosynthetic organisms. ...
In the Calvin Cycle, it is one of the products of the sixfold reduction of 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate by NADPH. It is also used in the synthesis of Sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate and Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate which are both used to reform Ribulose 5-Phosphate, the 'key' carbohydrate of the Calvin cycle.
see also: dihydroxyacetone Jump to: navigation, search Fischer projection of dihydroxyacetone Dihydroxyacetone is a triose carbohydrate with chemical formula C3H6O3. ...
The glycerol phosphate shuttle allows the transport of electrons into the mitochondria by the diffusion of glycerol 3-phosphate from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria.
In the cytoplasm, dihydroxyacetonephosphate is converted to glycerol 3-phosphate by the enzyme glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
In the glycerol phosphate shuttle, the 2 molecules that diffuse between the cytoplasm and the mitochondria are
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