Component
Glycine-to-serine conversion in serine-deprived cancer cultures
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
With serine absent, higher glycine concentrations inhibited growth and glycine was converted to serine, a reaction consuming one-carbon units.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Cancer cultures deprived of serine, glycine exposure and metabolic analysis.
- limitations
- No exposure threshold for humans is derived; one-carbon depletion is the pathway interpretation supported by the rescue experiment.
- nutrient_topic
- Glycine collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · Glycine
- plain_language
- Using glycine to rebuild missing serine can draw from the folate carbon pool.
- primary_references
- Serine, but not glycine, supports one-carbon metabolism and proliferation of cancer cells. · 2014 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24813884/ · DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.04.045
Glycine: supply, one-carbon allocation, receptors and cross-nutrient mechanisms (2026-09-19) · lines 178–184
AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Cancer cultures deprived of serine, glycine exposure and metabolic analysis. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## glycine-glycine-reverse-flux Using glycine to rebuild missing serine can draw from the folate carbon pool. With serine absent, higher glycine concentrations inhibited growth and glycine was converted to serine, a reaction consuming one-carbon units. Model: Cancer cultures deprived of serine, glycine exposure and metabolic analysis. Limitations: No exposure threshold for humans is derived; one-carbon depletion is the pathway interpretation supported by the rescue experiment. Evidence access: Primary abstract Serine, but not glycine, supports one-carbon metabolism and proliferation of cancer cells. · 2014 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24813884/ · DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.04.045
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