Glycine cleavage system: Reaction mechanism, physiological significance, and hyperglycinemia

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 246-263

  Kikuchi, Goro ^a,e   Motokawa, Yutaro ^b   Yoshida, Tadashi ^c   Hiraga, Koichi ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallography of T protein; Glycine cleavage system; Nonketotic hyperglycinemia; Serine and glycine catabolism

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48649091869     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.84.246     Document Type: Review

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