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Abstract
Alanine release by rat diaphragm muscle in vitro is stimulated by glutamate, valine, leucine and glucose. The stimulation by glutamate and valine (but not leucine) is inhibited by 3-mercaptopicolinate. These results suggest a metabolic route involving phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase which directs amino acid carbon skeletons towards pyruvate synthesis for alanine formation.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 849291 PMCID: PMC1164613 DOI: 10.1042/bj1620399
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857