It can be degraded to pyruvate via intermediary formation of serine via the action of serine  hydroxymethyltransferase, and its combination with succinyl-CoA allows for the production of the  porphyrins precursor d-aminolevulinic acid.
It can be degraded to pyruvate via intermediary formation of serine via the action of serine  hydroxymethyltransferase, and its combination with succinyl-CoA allows for the production of the  porphyrins precursor d-aminolevulinic acid. It is needed as a co-agonist with glutamate for NMDA  receptors, and it is one of the major components of collagen along with the amino acid proline. The chief inhibitory neurotransmitter of the spinal cord, FTP, names this smallest amino acid which is optically inactive due to its single hydrogen side chain.
It can be degraded to pyruvate via intermediary formation of serine via the action of serine  hydroxymethyltransferase, and its combination with succinyl-CoA allows for the production of the  porphyrins precursor d-aminolevulinic acid.
glycine