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Abstract
The activity of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase was high in tissues of high cell-renewal capacity, and was increased in neonatal and regenerating liver and, more markedly, in hepatomas. Serine hydroxymethyltransferase activity was present in hepatomas, whereas other enzymes of serine utilization (serine dehydratase and serine aminotransferase) were absent. This enzymic imbalance couples serine biosynthesis preferentially to nucleotide precursor formation in cancer cells.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3082329 PMCID: PMC1153072 DOI: 10.1042/bj2330617
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857