Protein Information

Name kynurenine aminotransferase I
Synonyms CCBL 1; CCBL1; CCBL1 protein; Cysteine conjugate beta lyase; Cysteine S conjugate beta lyase; GTK; Glutamine phenylpyruvate aminotransferase; Glutamine transaminase K…

Compound Information

Name strychnine
CAS strychnidin-10-one

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
9427337 Kapoor R, Okuno E, Kido R, Kapoor V: Immuno-localization of kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) in the rat medulla and spinal cord. Neuroreport. 1997 Nov 10;8(16):3619-23.

In the mammalian brain, kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) is pivotal to the synthesis of kynurenic acid, a preferential antagonist at the strychnine-insensitive NMDA-glycine site.
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14770276 Wejksza K, Rzeski W, Parada-Turska J, Zdzisinska B, Rejdak R, Kocki T, Okuno E, Kandefer-Szerszen M, Zrenner E, Turski WA: Kynurenic acid production in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2004 Mar;369(3):300-4. Epub 2004 Feb 10.

Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is a broad-spectrum antagonist at all subtypes of ionotropic glutamate receptors, but is preferentially active at the strychnine-insensitive glycine allosteric site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and is also a non-competitive antagonist at the alpha7 nicotinic receptor.
In this study we demonstrated the presence of kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) I and II in the cytoplasm of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC).
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