Promiscuous activity of arginine: Glycine amidinotransferase is responsible for the synthesis of the novel cardiovascular risk factor homoarginine

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3653-3657

  Davids, Mariska ^a,b   Ndika, Joseph D T ^a   Salomons, Gajja S ^a   Blom, Henk J ^a,b   Teerlink, Tom ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT); Argininosuccinate synthase (ASS); Cardiovascular disease; Homoarginine

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; HOMOARGININE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDINOTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HOMOARGININE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867579062     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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