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Can glycine be converted back to serine without folate?

glycine serine folate metabolism conversion

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#1 caruga

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Posted 06 June 2015 - 06:17 PM


In humans, is there a pathway or reaction that can convert glycine back to serine that doesn't use

SHMT?  I've seen diagrams that seem to suggest as much, unless it's like a chain of folate cycles that work in oscillating directions.


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