L-serine ishyirwa mubikorwa nka aside amine idakenewe. Umubiri urashobora guhuza L-serine ihagije kugirango uhuze ibyo ukeneye buri munsi.

Ubushakashatsi buherutse gukorwa bwerekanye ko L-serine n'ibicuruzwa bya metabolisme ari ngombwa mu gukwirakwiza selile n'imikorere yihariye ya sisitemu yo hagati. Ibyavuye mu rwego rwa serine na glycine byahinduwe ku barwayi bafite ibibazo byo mu mutwe bishimangira akamaro ka L-serine mu mikurire y’ubwonko n'imikorere.