"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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Tumor-promoting/progressing role of additional chromosome instability in hepatic carcinogenesis in Sgo1 (Shugoshin 1) haploinsufficient mice. Carcinogenesis. 2015 Apr; 36(4):429-40.
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Diffuse glutamine synthetase overexpression restricted to areas of peliosis in a ß-catenin-activated hepatocellular adenoma: a potential pitfall in glutamine synthetase interpretation. Virchows Arch. 2014 Aug; 465(2):241-5.