Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
This enzyme serves two functions in this step. First the enzyme transfers a hydrogen (H-) from glyceraldehyde phosphate to the oxidizing agent nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to form NADH. Next it adds a phosphate (P) from the cytosol to the oxidized glyceraldehyde phosphate to form 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate.
Chemical equation
![NAD + G3P + Pi \rightleftharpoons 1,3BPG + NADH](/wiki/images/math/c/c/3/cc30494749c7162ecb81ab56c223994d.png)
Rate equation
![v = \frac{ V_{mf}\frac{[NAD][G3P][Pi]}{K_{NAD}K_{G3P}K_{Pi}} - V_{mr} \frac{[BPG][NADH]}{K_{BPG}K_{NADH}} }{1 + \frac{[NAD]}{K_{NAD}} + \frac{[NAD][G3P]}{K_{NAD}K_{G3P}} + \frac{[NAD][G3P][Pi]}{K_{NAD}K_{G3P}K_{Pi}} + \frac{[BPG][NADH]}{K_{BPG}K_{NADH}} + +\frac{[NADH]}{K_{NADH}} }](/wiki/images/math/4/7/6/476a3b9c67b5d9ce7bc72303661f6bd4.png)