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  • Title: Inhibition of urea cycle enzymes by lysine and saccharopine.
    Author: Ameen M, Palmer T.
    Journal: Biochem Int; 1987 Mar; 14(3):395-400. PubMed ID: 3109421.
    Abstract:
    Crude and purified preparations of argininosuccinate synthetase, argininosuccinate lyase and arginase were subjected to inhibition studies with L-lysine and saccharopine. Saccharopine proved to be the more potent inhibitor of argininosuccinate synthetase and lyase, whereas lysine had more effect on arginase. Similar results were found with pure enzyme and crude preparations. Computer analysis of the results suggested that inhibition of urea cycle enzymes by saccharopine and lysine might have contributed to the high levels of citrulline found in a human patient with saccharopinuria, a defect of saccharopine metabolism, but that this was unlikely to be the sole explanation.
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