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Glutamate Decarboxylase

"Glutamate Decarboxylase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A pyridoxal-phosphate protein that catalyzes the alpha-decarboxylation of L-glutamic acid to form gamma-aminobutyric acid and carbon dioxide. The enzyme is found in bacteria and in invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems. It is the rate-limiting enzyme in determining GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID levels in normal nervous tissues. The brain enzyme also acts on L-cysteate, L-cysteine sulfinate, and L-aspartate. EC 4.1.1.15.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Glutamate Decarboxylase" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Glutamate Decarboxylase" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 153 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2010
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