Regulation of human glutamate dehydrogen
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Andreas Plaitakis; Ioannis Zaganas
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) catalyzes the oxidative deamination of glutamate to α‐ketoglutarate using NAD or NADP as cofactors. In mammalian brain, GDH is located predominantly in astrocytes, where it is probably involved in the metabolism of transmitter glutamate. The exact mechanism