The glutamine commute: take the N line and transfer to the A.
The transfer of glutamine between cells contributes to signaling as well as to metabolism. The recent identification and characterization of the system N and A family of transporters has begun to suggest mechanisms for the directional transfer of glutamine, and should provide ways to test its physiological significance in diverse processes from nitrogen to neurotransmitter release.
Chaudhry
Farrukh A
FA
Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Reimer
Richard J
RJ
Edwards
Robert H
RH
D004594:Electrophysiology; D005544:Forecasting; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology
D005973:Glutamine