Threonine dehydrogenase is a minor degradative pathway of threonine catabolism in adult humans

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 278, Issue 5 41-5, 2000, Pages

  Darling, Pauline B ^a,b,e   Grunow, John ^a,b   Rafii, Mahroukh ^a   Brookes, Steve ^c   Ball, Ronald O ^b,d   Pencharz, Paul B ^a,b,d,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Europa Scientific Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycine; Plasma threonine concentration; Stable isotopes; Threonine flux; Threonine oxidation

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; THREONINE; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME REGULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034043896     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.5.e877     Document Type: Article

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