[HTML][HTML] Arginine metabolism: boundaries of our knowledge

SM Morris Jr - The Journal of nutrition, 2007 - Elsevier
Arginine has multiple metabolic fates and thus is one of the most versatile amino acids. Not
only is it metabolically interconvertible with the amino acids proline and glutamate, but it also
serves as a precursor for synthesis of protein, nitric oxide, creatine, polyamines, agmatine,
and urea. These processes do not all occur within each cell but are differentially expressed
according to cell type, age and developmental stage, diet, and state of health or disease.
Arginine metabolism also is modulated by activities of various transporters that move …