Chapter title |
Glutaminases
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Chapter number | 6 |
Book title |
The Glutamate/GABA-Glutamine Cycle
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Published in |
Advances in neurobiology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-45096-4_6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-945094-0, 978-3-31-945096-4
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Authors |
Javier Márquez, José M. Matés, José A. Campos-Sandoval, Márquez, Javier, Matés, José M., Campos-Sandoval, José A. |
Abstract |
Mammalian glutaminases catalyze the stoichiometric conversion of L-glutamine to L-glutamate and ammonium ions. In brain, glutaminase is considered the prevailing pathway for synthesis of the neurotransmitter pool of glutamate. Besides neurotransmission, the products of glutaminase reaction also fulfill crucial roles in energy and metabolic homeostasis in mammalian brain. In the last years, new functional roles for brain glutaminases are being uncovered by using functional genomic and proteomic approaches. Glutaminases may act as multifunctional proteins able to perform different tasks: the discovery of multiple transcript variants in neurons and glial cells, novel extramitochondrial localizations, and isoform-specific proteininteracting partners strongly support possible moonlighting functions for these proteins. In this chapter, we present a critical account of essential works on brain glutaminase 80 years after its discovery. We will highlight the impact of recent findings and thoughts in the context of the glutamate/glutamine brain homeostasis. |
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