Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: No evidence of high capacity a-glutamyl-dipeptide transport into human erythrocytesIn a recent letter Young et al. (1987) reported results which led them to contradict our claim (King & Kuchel, 1985) that human erythrocytes are highly permeable to a-L-glutamyl-L-alanine and L-alanyl-a.-L-glutamate.They deduced, therefore, that these peptides cannot serve as a physiological source of glutamate for glutathione GSH C 291 min, C _ 2 > ea then washea
Source: Biochemical Journal
DOI: 10.1042/bj2420311
Authors: P W Kuchel, G F King, B E Chapman
Language: English
Subfield: Biochemistry
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2147144307