Reaction: (1) glycerol + NADP+ = L-glyceraldehyde + NADPH + H+
(2) glycerol + NADP+ = D-glyceraldehyde + NADPH + H+
Other name(s): gld1-(gene name); gaaD-(gene name)
Systematic name: glycerol:NADP+ oxidoreductase (D/L-glyceraldehyde-forming)
Comments: The enzyme takes part in a D-galacturonate degradation pathway in the fungi Aspergillus niger-and Trichoderma reesei-(Hypocrea jecorina). It has equal activity with D- and L-glyceraldehyde, and can also reduce glyoxal and methylglyoxal. The reaction is only observed in the direction of glyceraldehyde reduction.
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References:
1. Liepins, J., Kuorelahti, S., Penttila, M. and Richard, P. Enzymes for the NADPH-dependent reduction of dihydroxyacetone and D-glyceraldehyde and L-glyceraldehyde in the mould Hypocrea jecorina. FEBS J. 273 (2006) 4229-4235. [PMID: 16930134]
2. Martens-Uzunova, E.S. and Schaap, P.J. An evolutionary conserved D-galacturonic acid metabolic pathway operates across filamentous fungi capable of pectin degradation. Fungal Genet. Biol. 45 (2008) 1449-1457. [PMID: 18768163]