THE METABOLISM OF GLUTARIC ACID-3-Cl4 BY THE INTACT RAT*
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Glutaric acid has been shown to be an intermediate in the mammalian catabolism of lysine (1). Two routes have been proposed for the degradation of glutaric acid (2-5). One pathway yields acetate, and the other involves a direct conversion to the carbon chain of ac-ketoglutarate. In an effort to assess the relative importance of each pathway, we have studied the metabolism of glutaric acid-3-Cl4 in intact rats. The labeling patterns found in isolated glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and alanine are not compatible with a conversion to the carbon chain of cY-ketoglutarate and indicate that glutarate is metabolized exclusively via acetate.
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