MOLECULE

D-Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, also known as 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde or GAP, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphates. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphates are compounds containing a glyceraldehyde substituted at position O3 by a phosphate group. This is the process by which glycerol (as DHAP) enters the glycolytic and gluconeogenesis pathways. G3P is formed from fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP), and 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (1,3BPG). Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P) or triose phosphate is an aldotriose, an important metabolic intermediate in both glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, and in tryptophan biosynthesis. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate exists in all living species, ranging from bacteria to humans. In humans, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is involved in the metabolic disorder called the transaldolase deficiency pathway. D-Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.