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. 2021 Feb 16;11(2):112. doi: 10.3390/metabo11020112
ABCB ATP-binding cassette transporter
AGC1/2 Aspartate-glutamate carrier 1 or 2
AML Acute myeloid leukemia
ARG2 Arginase 2
ASNS Asparagine synthetase
ASS1 Argininosuccinate synthase 1
BAT Brown adipose tissue
BCAA Branched-chain amino acid
BCAT1/2 Branched-chain amino acid transaminase 1 or 2
BCKA Branched-chain ketoacid
BCKDH Branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase
BCKDK Branched-chain ketoacid kinase
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CP Carbamoyl phosphate
CPS Carbamoyl phosphate synthase
CRAT Carnitine acetyltransferase
CRC Colorectal cancer
DMEM Dulbecco’s modified eagle’s medium
DON 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine
ECM Extracellular matrix
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ETC Electron transport chain
FASN Fatty acid synthase
FH Fumarate hydratase
FOCM Folate-mediated one carbon metabolism
GCN2 General control nonderepressible 2
GCS Glycine cleavage system
GFPT1 Glutamine-fructose 6-phosphate aminotransferase 1
GlcN6P Glucosamine 6-phosphate
GlcNAc N-acetyl-glucosamine
GLO1 Glyoxalase 1
GLS1/2 Glutaminase 1 or 2
GLUD1 Glutamate dehydrogenase 1
GOT1/2 Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1 or 2
gpASNase1 Guinea pig asparaginase 1
GPT1/2 Glutamic-pyruvic transaminase 1 or 2
GS Glutamine synthetase
GSH Reduced glutathione
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
IDH1/2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 or 2
IMM Inner mitochondrial membrane
iNOS Induced nitric oxide synthase
KIC α-ketoisocaproic
KIV α-ketoisovaleric
KMV α-keto-β-methylvaleric
LAT1 Large amino acid transporter 1
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
MAS Malate-aspartate-shuttle
MCT1/4 Monocarboxylate transporter 1 or 4
MDH Malate dehydrogenase
ME1 Malic enzyme 1
MMA Methylmalonic acid
MPC1/2 Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 1 or 2
MSUD Maple syrup urine disease
MTHFD1/1L/2 Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1, 1L, or 2
mTORC1 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
NMDA N-methyl D-aspartate
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
NO Nitric oxide
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
OAA Oxaloacetate
OMM Outer mitochondrial membrane
PC Pyruvate carboxylase
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PHGDH Phosphoserine dehydrogenase
PPAT Pyrophosphate amidotransferase
PPM1K Mg2+/Mn2+-dependent 1K protein phosphatase
PRA 5-phospho-β-D-ribosylamine
PRODH Proline dehydrogenase
PSAT1 Phosphoserine aminotransferase 1
PSPH Phosphoserine phosphatase
PYCR1 Pyrroline 5-carboxylate reductase 1
SDH Succinate dehydrogenase
SFXN1/3 Sideroflexin 1 or 3
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
UCP2 Uncoupling protein 2
δ-ALA δ-aminolevulinic acid