(8) Glc →→→ Glyoxal →→→ glyoxylate (Lange et al., 2012); glyoxylate + 3-OH-pyr (or Ala) → Gly + pyruvate (or Ser): the terminal reaction is catalyzed by AGXT (for considerations related to cancer, see pathway no. 5). This evidence concerns the gene AGXT and cancer.