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    Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SLC1A3 gene. EAAT1 is also often called the GLutamate ASpartate...
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    Excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) also known as solute carrier family 1 member 2 (SLC1A2) and glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1) is a protein that...
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    Excitatory amino acid transporter 3 (EAAT3), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC1A1 gene. EAAT3 is expressed on the plasma membrane of neurons...
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    Excitatory amino-acid transporter 5 (EAAT5) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC1A7 gene. EAAT5 is expressed predominantly in the retina...
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  • excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs). Examples of EAARIs include dihydrokainic acid (DHK) and WAY-213,613, selective blockers of EAAT2 (GLT-1)...
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  • Glutamic acid Ibotenic acid Kainic acid N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid Quisqualic acid Excitatory amino acid receptor antagonist Excitatory amino acid reuptake...
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  • glutamate transporters is composed of two primary subclasses: the excitatory amino acid transporter (EAAT) family and vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT)...
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  • An amino acid transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports amino acids. They are mainly of the solute carrier family. There are several...
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    Excitatory amino-acid transporter 4 (EAAT4) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC1A6 gene. EAAT4 is expressed predominantly in the cerebellum...
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  • Ketamine Kynurenic acid Memantine Nitrous oxide Perampanel Phencyclidine Excitatory amino acid receptor agonist Excitatory amino acid reuptake inhibitor...
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  • Proton-coupled amino acid transporters belong to the SLC26A5 family; they are protein receptors whose main function is the transmembrane movement of amino acids and...
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    Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; the anionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis...
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    term "amino acid", when used without a qualifier, refers specifically to an alpha amino acid. GABA is not an alpha amino acid, meaning the amino group...
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  • Glutamate/aspartate transporters, including: Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) Excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) Excitatory amino acid transporter 3...
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    Aspartic acid (symbol Asp or D; the ionic form is known as aspartate), is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. The L-isomer of...
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    Theanine (category Excitatory amino acid reuptake inhibitors)
    L-gamma-glutamylethylamide or N5-ethyl-L-glutamine, is an amino acid analogue of the proteinogenic amino acids L-glutamate and L-glutamine and is found primarily...
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    Glycine (redirect from Amino acetic acid)
    /ˈɡlaɪsiːn/ ) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain. It is the simplest stable amino acid (carbamic acid is unstable). In the...
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    Kainic acid, or kainate, is an acid that naturally occurs in some seaweed. Kainic acid is a potent neuroexcitatory amino acid agonist that acts by activating...
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    neurotransmitters include amino acids, monoamines, and peptides. Monoamines are synthesized by altering a single amino acid. For example, the precursor...
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    Characterization of Functionalized Aspartate Analogues As Novel Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter Inhibitors". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61 (17): 7741–7753...
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  • Thumbnail for Kynurenic acid
    anticonvulsant, most likely through acting as an antagonist at excitatory amino acid receptors. Because of this activity, it may influence important...
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  • Thumbnail for Cystine/glutamate transporter
    leads to ferroptosis. This regulation may be done through Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters (EAATs), which decrease extracellular glutamate and increase...
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    pyridoxamine in the first phase of the reaction, when an amino acid is converted into a keto acid. ALT is commonly measured clinically as part of liver function...
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    belongs to the solute carrier 6 (SLC6) family of transporters. It mediates gamma-aminobutyric acid's translocation from the extracellular to intracellular...
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  • Thumbnail for Aspartate transaminase
    between aspartate and glutamate and, as such, is an important enzyme in amino acid metabolism. AST is found in the liver, heart, skeletal muscle, kidneys...
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    which causes the effect through unknown mechanism. Amino acid reuptake inhibitor Excitatory amino acid reuptake inhibitor (or glutamate-aspartate reuptake...
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  • Thumbnail for Dopamine transporter
    The dopamine transporter (DAT, also sodium-dependent dopamine transporter) is a membrane-spanning protein coded for in humans by the SLC6A3 gene (also...
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  • transmembrane-spanning segment of the gene SLC1A3. This gene encodes the excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) protein, which is responsible for glutamate uptake...
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  • excitatory amino acid (glutamate/aspartate) system in the body or brain. Examples include excitatory amino acid receptor agonists, excitatory amino acid...
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    strength. 2. AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptors: These receptors mediate the majority of fast excitatory synaptic transmission...
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