Title : Pyruvate carboxylase: an astrocyte-specific enzyme implicated in the replenishment of amino acid neurotransmitter pools.

Pub. Date : 1985 Mar 11

PMID : 3884090






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1 Pyruvate carboxylase is the predominant anaplerotic enzyme in CNS tissues, and thus provides for net utilization of glucose to generate citric acid cycle intermediates such as alpha-ketoglutarate and malate for replenishment of the neurotransmitter pools of glutamate, GABA and aspartate. Glutamic Acid pyruvate carboxylase Homo sapiens