title: Sex- and phenotype-dependent metabolism of N tau-methylhistidine by mice.
abstract: The metabolism of N tau-[Me-14C]methylhistidine by mice was influenced by both the sex and the phenotype of the animal. After subcutaneous injection of labelled N tau-methylhistidine, recoveries of radioactivity in excreta were incomplete, and the distributions of radioactivity showed that different mouse phenotypes degraded N tau-methylhistidine in vivo to different extents. Hence the excretion of N tau-methylhistidine by mice cannot be used as an index of protein breakdown in vivo.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006639:Histidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008297:Male; D008762:Methylhistidines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008820:Mice, Obese; D010641:Phenotype; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D008762:Methylhistidines; D006639:Histidine; C028118:3-methylhistidine