Glycine metabolism in animals and humans: Implications for nutrition and health

Amino Acids

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-477

  Wang, Weiwei ^a,b   Wu, Zhenlong ^a   Dai, Zhaolai ^a   Yang, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Junjun ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Glycine; Metabolism; Nutrition; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE 1; ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE 2; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASPASE 3; CHOLINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CATALYSIS; CELL PROTECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH REGULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIPID ABSORPTION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SWINE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; HEALTH; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 84882568778     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1493-1     Document Type: Article

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