glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity

Term ID

GO:0004372

Synonyms

• 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate:glycine hydroxymethyltransferase activity
• allothreonine aldolase activity
• L-serine hydroxymethyltransferase activity
• serine aldolase activity
• serine hydroxymethylase activity
• serine hydroxymethyltransferase activity
• serine transhydroxymethylase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: (6R)-5,10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + glycine + H2O = (6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + L-serine.

References

• MetaCyc:GLYOHMETRANS-RXN
• RHEA:15481
• Reactome:R-HSA-5694137

Ontology

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