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GLUTAMATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A salt or ester of glutamic acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glutamate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Context examples:
It is used widely as an antitussive agent, and is also used to study the involvement of glutamate receptors in neurotoxicity.
(Dextromethorphan, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The removal of amino nitrogens commonly occurs through transamination, transferring the nitrogen to alpha-ketobutyrate to create glutamate.
(Catabolic Pathways for Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Cysteine, Tryptophan, and Threonine, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The available cysteine allows cells to synthesize glutathione (GSH), a tripeptide made from amino acids glycine, glutamate and cysteine, thereby maintaining and increasing intracellular GSH concentrations.
(Cysteine-Rich Non-Denatured Whey Protein Isolate IMN1207, NCI Thesaurus)
D-serine is a selective full agonist at the glycine site of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-type glutamate receptor.
(D-Serine, NCI Thesaurus)
Glutathione is made of three smaller molecules, and one of them is glutamate.
(Key to Treating Schizophrenia May Be Found in Broccoli, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
An autoimmune acute encephalitis caused by antibodies against the glutamate NMDA receptor.
(Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists determined the detailed structure and movement of the glutamate receptor, a protein in nerve cells involved in learning, memory, and several diseases.
(Structural states of a brain receptor revealed, NIH)
The most common microtubule marker in the brain is glutamate.
(Scientists unravel the mystery of the tubulin code, NIH)
NMDA receptors are proteins that generate electrical signals in response to the neurochemicals glutamate and glycine.
(Eye cells may use math to detect motion, NIH)
The general route of entry for amino acids into the urea cycle is through transamination, the transfer of their amino group to alpha-ketoglutarate to form glutamate.
(Feeding Amino Groups into the Urea Cycle, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
