glycine decarboxylation via glycine cleavage system
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycine by oxidative cleavage to carbon dioxide, ammonia, and a methylene group, mediated by enzymes of the glycine cleavage complex.
GO:0006546
glycine catabolic process
is_a
glycine cleavage system
broad
SPAC13G6.06c SPBP19A11.01 SPAC31G5.14 SPAC1002.09c