Glutamate synthesis has to be matched by its degradation - Where do all the carbons go?

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 399-406

  Sonnewald, Ursula ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

anaplerosis; cataplerosis; glutamate oxidation; lactate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBON; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ANAPLEROSIS; CARBOXYLATION; CATAPLEROSIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KETOGENIC DIET; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84922395267     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12812     Document Type: Review

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