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The Biosynthesis of glycine occurs from serine, which is inturn formed from 3 phosphoglycerate. Glycine is simplest possible aminoacid and it is not essential. The key enzyme involved in glycine biosynthesis is serine hydroxymethly transferase, which uses tetrahydrofolate to accept the beta carbon of serine to form glycine. Besides this vertebrates have an enzyme glycine synthase that forms glycine using ammonium ions, carbon dioxide along with N5 N10 methylene tetrahydrofolate.
The Biosynthesis of glycine occurs from serine, which is inturn formed from 3 phosphoglycerate. Glycine is simplest possible aminoacid and it is not essential. The key enzyme involved in glycine biosynthesis is serine hydroxymethly transferase, which uses tetrahydrofolate to accept the beta carbon of serine to form glycine. Besides this vertebrates have an enzyme glycine synthase that forms glycine using ammonium ions, carbon dioxide along with N5 N10 methylene tetrahydrofolate.
