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. 2016 Aug 18;4:16. doi: 10.1186/s40170-016-0156-6

Table 4.

Fates of serine and glycine

Biomass fate Biosynthetic pathway
SHMT GCS
Serine 0.65
Glycine 0.74
One carbon 0.35 0.26

Values represent the fraction of total serine (or glycine) that must be metabolized through SHMT (or the GCS) to meet the demand for one-carbon units