GLDC glycine decarboxylase [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: GLDCprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name: glycine decarboxylaseprovided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:4313
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000178445 MIM:238300; AllianceGenome:HGNC:4313
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: GCE; GCE1; GCSP; HYGN1
Summary: Degradation of glycine is brought about by the glycine cleavage system, which is composed of four mitochondrial protein components: P protein (a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent glycine decarboxylase), H protein (a lipoic acid-containing protein), T protein (a tetrahydrofolate-requiring enzyme), and L protein (a lipoamide dehydrogenase). The protein encoded by this gene is the P protein, which binds to glycine and enables the methylamine group from glycine to be transferred to the T protein. Defects in this gene are a cause of nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH).[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]
Expression: Biased expression in kidney (RPKM 25.8), placenta (RPKM 17.4) and 4 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 9p24.1

Exon count:: 25

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	9	NC_000009.12 (6532467..6645729, complement)
RS_2024_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	9	NC_060933.1 (6537521..6650780, complement)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	9	NC_000009.11 (6532467..6645729, complement)

Chromosome 9 - NC_000009.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Glycine Decarboxylase (GLDC) Plays a Crucial Role in Regulating Energy Metabolism, Invasion, Metastasis and Immune Escape for Prostate Cancer.
Title: Glycine Decarboxylase (GLDC) Plays a Crucial Role in Regulating Energy Metabolism, Invasion, Metastasis and Immune Escape for Prostate Cancer.
GLDC promotes colorectal cancer metastasis through epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediated by Hippo signaling pathway.
Title: GLDC promotes colorectal cancer metastasis through epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediated by Hippo signaling pathway.
Genetic variants in ALDH1L1 and GLDC influence the serine-to-glycine ratio in Hispanic children.
Title: Genetic variants in ALDH1L1 and GLDC influence the serine-to-glycine ratio in Hispanic children.
GLDC overexpression significantly induced cell autophagy, whereas GLDC downregulation reduced cell autophagy. Of note, GLDC is the post-transcriptional target of miR-30d-5p. GLDC overexpression could rescue miR-30d-5p-mediated cell metastasis and increase autophagy.
Title: Glycine decarboxylase induces autophagy and is downregulated by miRNA-30d-5p in hepatocellular carcinoma.
we identified a new alternative splicing isoform of GLDC, truncated GLDCV1, and demonstrated that GLDCV1 possesses similar biological activities to GLDCfl on regulating CSCs and tumorigenesis.
Title: Identification of a new GLDC gene alternative splicing variant and its protumorigenic roles in lung cancer.
These findings reveal a critical role of GLDC in sustaining the proliferation of neuroblastoma cells with high-level GLDC expression and suggest that MYCN amplification is a biomarker for GLDC-based therapeutic strategies against high-risk neuroblastoma.
Title: Glycine decarboxylase is a transcriptional target of MYCN required for neuroblastoma cell proliferation and tumorigenicity.
Collectively, GLDC regulates cellular antiviral response and orchestrates viral growth. GLDC is a functional susceptibility gene to severe influenza in humans.
Title: Identification and characterization of GLDC as host susceptibility gene to severe influenza.
these findings suggest that GLDC-mediated regulation of glycolysis and controlling AGE accumulation is related to maintenance and induction of pluripotency.
Title: Glycine decarboxylase regulates the maintenance and induction of pluripotency via metabolic control.
Our data indicate that GLDC downregulation decreases reactive oxygen species mediated ubiquitination of cofilin to enhance hepatocellular carcinoma progression and intrahepatic metastasis
Title: Downregulation of glycine decarboxylase enhanced cofilin-mediated migration in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
A novel compound heterozygous variant was identified in the GLDC gene in a Chinese family with non-ketotic hyperglycinemia
Title: A novel compound heterozygous variant identified in GLDC gene in a Chinese family with non-ketotic hyperglycinemia.

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Phenotypes

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Associated conditions

Description	Tests
Glycine encephalopathy 1 MedGen: CN376801 OMIM: 605899 GeneReviews: Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia	not available
Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia MedGen: C0751748 GeneReviews: Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia	Compare labs

EBI GWAS Catalog

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Genome-wide association study of periodontal pathogen colonization. EBI GWAS Catalog EBI GWAS CatalogPubMed

Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

D9S937 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:54357

STS-AA009796 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:24670

WI-20011 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:32352

SHGC-14149 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:12730

D9S2017 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:4036

D9S324 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:61911

SHGC-67420 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:84724

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables electron transfer activity	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
enables glycine binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables lyase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein homodimerization activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
enables pyridoxal binding	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
enables pyridoxal phosphate binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in glycine catabolic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in glycine decarboxylation via glycine cleavage system	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in response to lipoic acid	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in response to methylamine	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
part_of glycine cleavage complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in mitochondrial matrix	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info
located_in mitochondrion	HTP more info	PubMed
is_active_in mitochondrion	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in mitochondrion	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in nucleoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info
located_in plasma membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating), mitochondrial

Names: glycine cleavage system protein P; glycine decarboxylase P-protein; glycine dehydrogenase (aminomethyl-transferring); glycine dehydrogenase [decarboxylating], mitochondrial; nonketotic hyperglycinemia

NP_000161.2

EC 1.4.4.2

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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