The gamma-glutamyl cycle and amino acid transport. Studies of free amino acids, gamma-glutamyl-cysteine and glutathione in erythrocytes from patients with 5-oxoprolinuria (glutathione synthetase deficiency)

N Engl J Med. 1978 Sep 14;299(11):587-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197809142991107.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amino Acids / blood*
  • Amino Acids / metabolism
  • Biological Transport
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dipeptides / blood*
  • Erythrocytes / analysis*
  • Female
  • Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase / metabolism
  • Glutathione / blood*
  • Glutathione Synthase / deficiency*
  • Humans
  • Peptide Synthases / deficiency*
  • Pyrrolidinones / urine*
  • Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / urine*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Dipeptides
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Peptide Synthases
  • Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase
  • Glutathione Synthase
  • Glutathione
  • Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid