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tryptophan catabolic process

Known as: tryptophan breakdown, tryptophan catabolism, tryptophan degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid. [ISBN… 
National Institutes of Health

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2006
2006
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan degradation enzyme it catalyses the oxidative cleavage of L-tryptophan to JV… 
2002
2002
C ellular (Th1-type) immune response is centrally involved in the pathogenesis of various diseases. W ithin the immunological… 
1982
1982
We have recently found decreased plasma tryptophan levels in alcoholics as well as in baboons and rats fed alcohol chronically… 
1979
1979
When compared with other tryptophan analogues, indolmycin is a potent inhibitor of tryptophan pyrrolase and tryptophan… 
1979
1979
Growth hormone antagonizes the induction of tryptophan pyrrolase and tyrosine amino-transferase by cortisol. We have shown that… 
1978
1978
Patients with severe acute or chronic liver disease were found to have a high mean plasma free tryptophan, an abnormal urinary… 
1973
1973
Formate derived from the 2-position of the indole ring of tryptophan during the process of tryptophan catabolism via… 
1969
1969
Tryptophan and its intermediate metabolites in the synovial fluid were studied in order to know a specificity of the tryptophan… 
1962
1962
Freundlich, Martin (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) and Herman C. Lichstein. Tryptophanase-tryptophan synthetase systems in…