Threonine

Category: amino-acid

Aliases: Thr, T, L-Threonine

Pharmacological Mechanism

Phosphorylation site (Ser/Thr kinase family). O-glycosylation site (mucins). Key mucin constituent — ~20–30% of intestinal mucin residues. Catabolised via threonine dehydrogenase to glycine + acetyl-CoA.

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