Astrocyte Leucine Metabolism: Significance of Branched‐Chain Amino Acid Transamination
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 66 (1) , 378-385
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66010378.x
Abstract
We studied astrocytic metabolism of leucine, which in brain is a major donor of nitrogen for the synthesis of glutamate and glutamine. The uptake of leucine into glia was rapid, with a Vmax...Keywords
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