Identification of a mammalian glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase: Role in metabolism and signaling in pancreatic β-cells and hepatocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2016 ...

Dubbed glycerol 3-phosphate phosphatase (G3PP), the newly-discovered enzyme was happened upon by scientists at University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM).

Glycerol levels up to 8 mmol per liter (74 mg per deciliter) have been detected in patients with glycerol kinase deficiency after prolonged fasting. 1 No discernable glycerol kinase activity (<0. ...