Main Reaction: Pyruvate + Glutamate >> Alanine + alpha-ketoglutarate (alpha-KG)

Reference: PubMed ID: 21636575
Authors: Saunders EC, Ng WW, Chambers JM, Ng M, Naderer T, Krömer JO, Likic VA, McConville MJ
Title: Isotopomer profiling of Leishmania mexicana promastigotes reveals important roles for succinate fermentation and aspartate uptake in tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) anaplerosis, glutamate synthesis, and growth.
Published: 2011 Aug 5

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