The role of pinocytosis in the cellular uptake of an amino acid.
Uptake of L- and D-alanine by the rat visceral yolk sac has been studied in vitro in incubations of short duration. It is concluded that much of the uptake of D-alanine is due to fluid-phase pinocytosis and that the plasma membrane L-alanine porter is more stereospecific than has hitherto been supposed.
D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D007700:Kinetics; D010873:Pinocytosis; D011205:Povidone / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000378:metabolism*
D011205:Povidone; D000409:Alanine