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The 23 pages that link to Glycine, each with the reason it gives.

• Amino acidBroader topic: Glycine also acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter and a precursor in biosynthesis.

• CollagenRelated: Its small size allows the tight packing required at every third position in collagen’s triple helix.

• GlutamateCompared with: Glycine provides inhibition in regions where glutamate also drives excitation.

• GlutathioneRelated: Glycine completes glutathione’s three-residue structure.

• Crystal polymorphismBroader topic: Its distinct forms demonstrate polymorphism in a small, flexible molecule.

• Miller–Urey experimentBroader topic: Glycine was one of the amino acids detected in the experiment.

• NMDA receptorRelated: It occupies a co-agonist site required for NMDA receptor activation.

• TetanusRelated: Tetanospasmin disrupts glycine signaling, removing restraint on motor neurons.

• AstrochemistryRelated: Its reported interstellar detection has prompted scrutiny of evidence for complex molecules in space.

• One-carbon metabolismRelated: Its degradation provides another route for feeding carbon into the folate pool.

• CreatineRelated: Glycine contributes atoms to the pathway that synthesizes creatine.

• Clostridium tetaniRelated: Tetanospasmin also blocks glycine release, contributing to sustained muscle contraction.

• ProlineCompared with: Glycine increases backbone flexibility, opposite proline’s strong conformational constraint.

• ZwitterionBroader topic: In water near neutral pH, glycine is commonly represented as a zwitterion.

• AlanineCompared with: Unlike alanine, glycine lacks a side-chain carbon and is achiral.

• Strecker degradationRelated: Strecker’s early experiments included glycine’s conversion into products such as formaldehyde.

• AllantoinRelated: Allantoin degradation pathways can produce glycine through intermediate reactions.

• Chloroacetic acidBroader topic: Replacing chloroacetic acid’s chlorine with an amino group produces glycine.

• Hippuric acidRelated: Its amino group couples with benzoyl-CoA during hippuric acid synthesis.

• TaurineCompared with: Both can influence inhibitory signaling, but glycine is a protein amino acid and taurine is not.

• Carbamic acidRelated: Glycine shares both functional groups but separates them across a carbon framework.

• List of interstellar and circumstellar moleculesBroader topic: Its possible astronomical detections illustrate the challenges of identifying complex molecules.

• StrychnineRelated: It is the transmitter whose receptor signaling strychnine interrupts.