gpdh-2 encodes one of two C. elegans glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenases; although loss of gpdh-2 activity via large-scale RNAi screens results in no obvious defects, expression of a gpdh-2 cDNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae hog1 mutants is able to rescue the high osmolarity-sensitive growth phenotype of these mutants, suggesting that gpdh-2 encodes a functional glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Predicted to enable glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (quinone) activity and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+] activity. Involved in intracellular accumulation of glycerol. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be part of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase complex. Expressed in excretory cell and hypodermis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Brugada syndrome 2. Is an ortholog of human GPD1 (glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1) and GPD1L (glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 like).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.