Mitochondrial metabolism of glutamine and glutamate and its physiological significance.

Acidosis/metabolism Animals Aspartate Aminotransferases/metabolism Aspartic Acid/metabolism Brain/metabolism Cells, Cultured Energy Metabolism Glutamate Dehydrogenase/metabolism Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase/metabolism Glutamates/metabolism Glutaminase/metabolism Glutamine/metabolism Hepatic Encephalopathy/metabolism Humans Intestine, Small/metabolism Intracellular Membranes/metabolism Kidney/metabolism Liver/metabolism Mitochondria/enzymology,metabolism,physiology Mitochondria, Liver/metabolism Muscles/metabolism Neoplasms/metabolism Organ Specificity Oxidation-Reduction Rats

Glutamates Glutamine Aspartic Acid Glutamate Dehydrogenase Aspartate Aminotransferases Glutaminase Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase