Molecular and biochemical features of the mitochondrial enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase: A possible new role as a signaling factor

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2253-2260

  Díaz Muñoz, Mauricio ^a   Hernández Muñoz, Rolando ^b  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circulating OTC; Enzymatic reaction; Liver; Mitochondria; Protein structure; Signaling molecule

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; CITRULLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; PUTRESCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORNITHINE TRANSCARBAMYLASE DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UREA CYCLE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIVER DISEASES; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIA; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955624544     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986710791331031     Document Type: Article

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