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Abstract
Recent clinical and experimental evidence on the effects of organic acids in producing or ameliorating hyperammonaemia is reviewed. The importance of hepatic mitochondrial N-acetylglutamate and its precursors, glutamate and acetyl-CoA, in the control of ureagenesis and thus blood ammonia levels is emphasized by recent work. The hypothesis is proposed that protein loads stimulated urea cycle activity via glutamate-induced changes in N-acetylglutamate concentration, while the effects of organic acids on ureagenesis are related in a predictable way to their effects on hepatic concentrations of acetyl-CoA.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6796768 DOI: 10.1007/BF02263648
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inherit Metab Dis ISSN: 0141-8955 Impact factor: 4.982