Fern E B, Bielinski R N, Schutz Y
Nestlé Research Centre, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Experientia. 1991 Feb 15;47(2):168-72. doi: 10.1007/BF01945420.
A general update review of the dynamic aspect of protein metabolism is presented. The effect of excess protein level on protein metabolism has been the object of a limited number of studies in man. From the information available, it appears that the primary regulatory pathway for body protein homeostasis is the process of amino acid (protein) oxidation.