title: Contribution of rat liver and gastrointestinal tract to whole-body protein synthesis in the rat.
abstract: The rate of protein synthesis was assessed in liver, stomach, small and large intestine and in the whole body of rats by injection of 100 mumol of [14C]leucine/100 g body wt. In each of the tissues turnover was very rapid, so that taken together they accounted for 43% of the protein synthesized by the whole animal.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008722:Methods; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007930:Leucine