glutamate

Introduction

Side chain is -CH2-CH2-COO-

Amino acid & excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. L-glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Different effects are mediated via metabotropic & ionotropic glutamate receptors.

Laboratory

• glutamate in specimen
  • glutamate in hair
  • glutamate in body fluid
    • glutamate in amniotic fluid
    • glutamate in CSF
    • glutamate in dried blood spot
    • glutamate in serum/plasma
    • glutamate in urine
    • glutamate in vitreous fluid

More general terms

• acidic amino acid
• neurotransmitter

More specific terms

• N-acetylglutamate

Additional terms

• gamma glutamyl cycle
• glutamate receptor
• glutamate residue (Glu, E)

Component of

• alanine/glutamate/glycine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/methionine/phenylalanine/proline/serine/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/magnesium chloride/methionine/phenylalanine/potassium chloride/proline/serine/sodium chloride/sodium phosphate/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/glucose/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/methionine/phenylalanine/proline/serine/threonine/tryptophan/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/glucose/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/methionine/phenylalanine/proline/serine/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/glucose/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/magnesium chloride/methionine/phenylalanine/potassium chloride/proline/serine/sodium chloride/sodium phosphate/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/cysteine/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/methionine/phenylalanine/proline/serine/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/cysteine/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/methionine/phenylalanine/proline/serine/sodium acetate/sodium chloride/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• alanine/arginine/aspartate/calcium chloride/glucose/glutamate/glycine/histidine/isoleucine/leucine/lysine/magnesium chloride/methionine/phenylalanine/potassium chloride/potassium phosphate/proline/serine/sodium chloride/threonine/tryptophan/tyrosine/valine
• monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=611
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=33032
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=62735
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=168185
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=167560
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=104813
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=87975