Fig. 5.
Outline of the malate aspartate shuttle. ASPAR, aspartate; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; α-KGLUT, α-ketoglutarate; GLUT, glutamate; MDH, malate dehydrogenase; OAA, oxaloacetate. The net shuttle result is a transfer of the cytosolic NADH to the mitochondrial matrix.