title: Transaminative pathway of glutamate oxidation in adrenal-cortex mitochondria.
abstract: Mitochondria isolated from adrenal cortex of beef do oxidize glutamate if the amino group acceptor-oxaloacetate (or its precursor-malate) is present in the incubation medium. The glutamate (plus oxaloacetate) oxidation was enhanced by ADP or deoxycorticosterone, indicating that this respiration can support both oxidative phosphorylation and 11 beta-hydroxylation of deoxycorticosterone to corticosterone. Avenaciolide (inhibitor of glutamate entry into the mitochondria), aminooxyacetate (inhibitor of aspartate aminotransferase activity) and arsenite (inhibitor of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase) when introduced into the incubation media before respirating substrates, inhibited the ability of ADP or deoxycorticosterone to stimulate the rate of glutamate (plus oxaloacetate) oxidation.
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism*; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D007700:Kinetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010071:Oxaloacetates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013252:Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D010071:Oxaloacetates; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D013252:Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase