Patrycja Dębska, David Aebisher and Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher
Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

Part of the book: The Biochemical Guide to Enzymes

Abstract

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is one of the enzymes from the oxidoreductase class. There is one functional gene in the human body that codes for GAPDH, which is located on the 12th chromosome.

Keywords: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, chromosome, cellular proteins

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