Hepatic carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS) I and urea contents in the hylid tree frog, Litoria caerulea: Transition from CPS III to CPS I

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1081-1094

  Ip, Yuen K ^a   Loong, Ai M ^a   Chng, You R ^a   Hiong, Kum C ^b   Chew, Shit F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Litoria caerulea; Ornithine urea cycle; Tree frog; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N ACETYLGLUTAMATE); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE (N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE); ISOENZYME; LIGASE; UREA;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSOL; DROUGHT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CYTOSOL; DROUGHTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AMPHIBIA; DIPNOI; HYLIDAE; LITORIA CAERULEA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84870312230     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0682-7     Document Type: Article

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