Wu G Y, Thompson J R
Department of Animal Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Biochem J. 1989 Jan 1;257(1):281-4. doi: 10.1042/bj2570281.
Methionine transamination is extensive in rat and chick skeletal-muscle homogenates, but is barely detectable in intact rat, but not chick, skeletal muscles. Branched-chain amino acids essentially block methionine transamination in intact muscles and homogenates from both species. The physiological significance of methionine transamination in skeletal muscle is questioned.