(Figure 1) The chemical structure of Glycerol-3-phosphate (Figure 2) The chemical structure of Triglyceride<unk>  is a metabolic pathway which synthesizes glycerol 3-phosphate or triglyceride from precursors other than glucose. Usually glycerol 3-phosphate is generated from glucose by glycolysis, but when glucose concentration drops in the cytosol, it is generated by another pathway called<unk> .<unk>  uses pyruvate, alanine, glutamine or any substances from the TCA cycle as precursors for glycerol 3-phosphate. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPC-K), which is an enzyme that catalyzes the decarboxylation of oxaloacetate to phosphoenolpyruvate is the main regulator for this pathway.<unk>  can be observed in adipose tissue and also liver. It is a significant biochemical pathway which regulates cytosolic lipid levels. Intense suppression of<unk>  may lead to metabolic disorder such as type 2 diabetes.
Glyceroneogenesis
Gluconeogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Glucose uptake
Purine metabolism
Ethanol metabolism
Fatty acid metabolism
Proteolysis