Aspartate kinase as an enzyme able to phosphorylate aspartate in the nervous system. Immunocytochemical study
Arenas-Díaz, G.; Martínez-Rodríguez, R.
Cellular and Molecular Biology 36(4): 395-400
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0145-5680 PMID: 2279262 Document Number: 363321
An immunohistochemical method using antibodies against bacterial aspartate kinase has been carried out in order to localize this enzyme in the cerbellar cortex of rat. The results obtained with light microscope have demonstrated a positive immunoreaction in both the granular and molecular layers. Electron microscopic observation has also revealed the reaction in several dendrites, axons and myelinated fibers. These facts lead us to think that aspartate kinase could be involved in the phosphorylation of aspararate in the nervous tissue.