Alanine and aspartate aminotransferases in normal and denervated skeletal muscle.
Activities of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases are maintained during the first 5 weeks of growth, but decrease subsequently in normal chick gastrocnemii. In sciatectomized muscles, a 5-fold elevation in these enzymes reveals increased utilization of amino acids as a compensatory metabolic support during denervation atrophy.
D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D024510:Muscle Development; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology*
D001224:Aspartic Acid; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000409:Alanine