[Unusually high gamma-glutamyltransferase level in the semen and ist diagnostic significance].
A remarkable high activity of the enzyme gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) is found in seminal fluid in 200 to 500 fold higher concentrations as found in blood serum. The seminal fluid gamma-GT originates expecially in the prostate gland and, to a smaller extent, in spermatozoa and secretion of testis and epididymis. Gamma-GT could be valuable to investigate the function of the prostate gland.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D002331:Carnitine / Q000032:analysis; D002951:Citrates / Q000032:analysis; D004822:Epididymis / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000201:enzymology*; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000032:analysis*
D002951:Citrates; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D002331:Carnitine
Ungewöhnlich hoher Gamma-Glutamyltransferasegehalt im Sperma und seine diagnostische Bedeutung.