"Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of ATP, L-glutamate, and NH3 to ADP, orthophosphate, and L-glutamine. It also acts more slowly on 4-methylene-L-glutamate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 6.3.1.2.
| Descriptor ID |
D005974
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.464.259.200.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase- Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase
- Glutamate Ammonia Ligase
- Ligase, Glutamate-Ammonia
- Glutamate Ammonia Ligase (ADP)
- Glutamine Synthetase
- Synthetase, Glutamine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase" by people in Profiles.
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Palmieri EM, Menga A, Lebrun A, Hooper DC, Butterfield DA, Mazzone M, Castegna A. Blockade of Glutamine Synthetase Enhances Inflammatory Response in Microglial Cells. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2017 03 10; 26(8):351-363.
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Castegna A, Palmieri L, Spera I, Porcelli V, Palmieri F, Fabis-Pedrini MJ, Kean RB, Barkhouse DA, Curtis MT, Hooper DC. Oxidative stress and reduced glutamine synthetase activity in the absence of inflammation in the cortex of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Neuroscience. 2011 Jun 30; 185:97-105.