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Shemin cycle (medicine)


Shemin cycle -->
glycine-succinate cycle


A series of metabolic steps in which glycine is condensed with succinyl-CoA and is then oxidised to CO2 and H2O with regeneration of the succinyl-CoA; important in the synthesis of d-aminolevulinic acid and in the metabolism of red blood cells.

Synonym: Shemin cycle.