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Compartmentalization of Mammalian Folate-Mediated One-Carbon Metabolism

Tibbetts, Anne S., Appling, Dean R.·2010·Annual Review of Nutrition

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The recognition that mitochondria participate in folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism grew out of pioneering work beginning in the 1950s from the laboratories of D.M. Greenberg, C.G. Mackenzie, and G. Kikuchi. These studies revealed mitochondria as the site of oxidation of one-carbon donors such as serine, glycine, sarcosine, and dimethylglycine. Subsequent work from these laboratories and others demonstrated the participation of folate coenzymes and folate-dependent enzymes in these mitochondrial processes. Biochemical and molecular genetic approaches in the 1980s and 1990s identified many of the enzymes involved and revealed an interdependence of cytoplasmic and mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism. These studies led to the development of a model of eukaryotic one-carbon metabolism that comprises parallel cytosolic and mitochondrial pathways, connected by one-carbon donors such as serine, glycine, and formate. Sequencing of the human and other mammalian genomes has facilitated identification of the enzymes that participate in this intercompartmental one-carbon metabolism, and animal models are beginning to clarify the roles of the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial isozymes of these enzymes. Identifying the mitochondrial transporters for the one-carbon donors and elucidating how flux through these pathways is controlled are two areas ripe for exploration.

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Authors: Tibbetts, A. S., & Appling, D. R.
Affiliations: The University of Texas at Austin (US)
ORCID: Appling, Dean R.
Venue: Annual Review of Nutrition
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2010-07-01
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
Pages: 57-81
ISSN: 0199-9885 (ISSN-L)
1545-4312
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.012809.104810
OpenAlex: W2145912883
Cited by: 692
References: 157
Citations by year: 2026: 42 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 55 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 51 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 27
FWCI: 3.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Annual Review of Nutrition (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Folate and B Vitamins Research
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Molecular Research
Keywords: mitochondrial metabolism, glycine oxidation, folate coenzymes, folate-dependent enzymes, serine, glycine, formate, isozymes, metabolic flux control
MeSH terms: Animals, Cell Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Folic Acid, Humans, Mammals, Mitochondria, One-Carbon Group Transferases

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