Gene:
glutamate dehydrogenase 1
Gene ID:
194452
Symbol:
GLUD1
Species:
1000
Description:
L-glutamate dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.3) has a central role in nitrogen metabolism in plants and animals. Glutamate dehydrogenase is found in all organisms and catalyzes the oxidative deamination of 1-glutamate to 2-oxoglutarate (Smith et al., 2001). Glutamate, the main substrate of GLUD, is present in brain in concentrations higher than in other organs. In nervous tissue, GLUD appears to function in both the synthesis and the catabolism of glutamate and perhaps in ammonia detoxification (Mavrothalassitis et al., 1988).[supplied by OMIM]