Intraneuronal N-acetylaspartate supplies acetyl groups for myelin lipid synthesis: Evidence for myelin-associated aspartoacylase

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 736-745

  Chakraborty, Goutam ^a   Mekala, Praveen ^a   Yahya, Daniel ^a   Wu, Gusheng ^a   Ledeen, Robert W ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartoacylase; Axon to myelin transfer; Canavan disease; Myelin; Myelin lipids; N acetylaspartate

Indexed keywords

ASPARTOACYLASE; LIPID; MYELIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CANAVAN DISEASE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPOGENESIS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CANAVAN DISEASE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL FRACTIONATION; EYE; LIPIDS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034890751     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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