Assertion: glutamine | /r/CapableOf | serve anaplerotic role
Facets:
value: in proliferating cells
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by replenishing tca cycle intermediates
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In rapidly proliferating cells, glutamine serves an anaplerotic role by replenishing TCA cycle intermediates for the production of reducing equivalents that drive the mitochondrial respiratory chain (RC) and generate lipid and nucleotide biosynthetic precursors ().