| Literature DB >> 3167561 |
T Kaneko1, R Shigemoto, N Mizuno.
Abstract
Alpha-ketoglutarate (alpha-KG) reductive amination activity in rat brain was found to be mostly absorbed with an antibody against liver glutamate dehydrogenase. With this and anti-glutamine synthetase antibodies, alpha-KG reductive amination activity was immunocytochemically shown to coexist with glutamine synthetase activity in astrocytes. The results suggest that astrocytes de novo synthesize glutamate from alpha-KG and ammonia, and metabolize it to glutamine.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3167561 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90069-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252