Biosynthesis of agmatine in isolated mitochondria and perfused rat liver: Studies with 15N-labelled arginine

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-425

  Horyn, Oksana ^a   Luhovyy, Bohdan ^a   Lazarow, Adam ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nissim, Ilana ^a   Yudkoff, Marc ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginase; Arginine decarboxylase; cAMP; Glucagon; Insulin; Ornithine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DRUG DOSAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; METABOLISM;

AGMATINE; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AGMATINE; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCAGON; INSULIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PERFUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; KINETICS; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 20544463245     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041260     Document Type: Article

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