has part glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (quinone) activity glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/26974 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/28982 MetaCyc:PWY-6118 glycerophosphate shuttle The process of transferring reducing equivalents from NADH in the cytosol into the mitochondria via glycerol-3-phosphate. Cytosolic glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase uses NADH to convert dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) to glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) in the cytosol; G3P then diffuses into the mitochondria where mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase uses FAD to convert G3P back to DHAP; the electrons on the reduced FADH2 are then available for use in the electron transport chain, and DHAP returns to the cytosol to complete the cycle. biological_process GO:0006127 glycerol phosphate shuttle NAD+ metabolic process glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity