Characterization of the N-acetylaspartate biosynthetic enzyme from rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 824-835

  Madhavarao, C N ^a   Chinopoulos, C ^b   Chandrasekaran, K ^b   Namboodiri, M A A ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme kinetics; High performance liquid chromatography; Mitochondrial energetics; Native gel electrophoresis; Phosphor imaging; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; 3 [(3 CHOLAMIDOPROPYL)DIMETHYLAMMONIO] 1 PROPANESULFONIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; BRAIN ENZYME; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DIAMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MYELIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTINUOUS ELUTION NATIVE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGING; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOSPHOR IMAGING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHOLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042731714     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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