Entry
Name
Protein digestion and absorption - Physeter catodon (sperm whale)
Description
Protein is a dietary component essential for nutritional homeostasis in humans. Normally, ingested protein undergoes a complex series of degradative processes following the action of gastric, pancreatic and small intestinal enzymes. The result of this proteolytic activity is a mixture of amino acids and small peptides. Amino acids (AAs) are transported into the enterocyte (intestinal epithelial cell) by a variety of AA transporters that are specific for cationic (basic) AA, neutral AA, and anionic (acidic) AA. Small peptides are absorbed into enterocytes by the PEPT1 transporter. Inside enterocytes peptides are hydrolyzed, and the resulting amino acids are released together with those absorbed by AA transporters into blood via multiple, basolateral, AA transporters. Hydrolysis-resistant peptides, however, are transported out of the cells by a basolateral peptide transporter that has not been identified molecularly.
Class
Organismal Systems; Digestive system
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Organism
Physeter catodon (sperm whale) [GN:
pcad ]
Gene
102974252 CTRL; chymotrypsin-like protease CTRL-1 isoform X1 [KO:K09632 ] [EC:3.4.21.-]
102985944 ATP1B2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-2 [KO:K01540 ]
102988537 ATP1B1; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-1 isoform X1 [KO:K01540 ]
102981290 ATP1B3; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-3 [KO:K01540 ]
102974454 FXYD2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit gamma [KO:K01538 ]
102974394 KCNN4; intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel protein 4 [KO:K04945 ]
102978945 KCNE3; potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E member 3 [KO:K04897 ]
102991826 potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E member 3-like [KO:K04897 ]
102974387 KCNQ1; potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04926 ]
102974080 KCNJ13; inward rectifier potassium channel 13 isoform X1 [KO:K05006 ]
102982789 SLC38A2; sodium-coupled neutral amino acid symporter 2 isoform X2 [KO:K14207 ]
102990142 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: neutral amino acid transporter B(0) [KO:K05616 ]
102981180 sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter B(0)AT1 [KO:K05334 ]
102979630 SLC7A8; large neutral amino acids transporter small subunit 2 isoform X1 [KO:K13781 ]
102974624 SLC36A2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: proton-coupled amino acid transporter 2 [KO:K14209 ]
102991678 SLC3A1; neutral and basic amino acid transport protein rBAT [KO:K14210 ]
102989754 COL9A2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: collagen alpha-2(IX) chain [KO:K08131 ]
102978859 COL18A1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: collagen alpha-1(XVIII) chain [KO:K06823 ]
102973849 COL20A1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: collagen alpha-1(XX) chain [KO:K24357 ]
102984847 COL28A1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: collagen alpha-1(XXVIII) chain [KO:K23619 ]
Compound
C05996 Branched chain fatty acid
Reference
Authors
Broer S
Title
Amino acid transport across mammalian intestinal and renal epithelia.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Palacin M, Nunes V, Font-Llitjos M, Jimenez-Vidal M, Fort J, Gasol E, Pineda M, Feliubadalo L, Chillaron J, Zorzano A
Title
The genetics of heteromeric amino acid transporters.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Goodman BE
Title
Insights into digestion and absorption of major nutrients in humans.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Wagner CA, Lang F, Broer S
Title
Function and structure of heterodimeric amino acid transporters.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Broer S
Title
Apical transporters for neutral amino acids: physiology and pathophysiology.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Wu G
Title
Intestinal mucosal amino acid catabolism.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Daniel H
Title
Molecular and integrative physiology of intestinal peptide transport.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Rubio-Aliaga I, Daniel H
Title
Mammalian peptide transporters as targets for drug delivery.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Bai JP
Title
Distribution of brush-border membrane peptidases along the rat intestine.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Guarner F, Malagelada JR
Title
Gut flora in health and disease.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Smith EA, Macfarlane GT
Title
Dissimilatory amino Acid metabolism in human colonic bacteria.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Schepers E, Glorieux G, Vanholder R
Title
The gut: the forgotten organ in uremia?
Journal
Reference
Authors
John H.Cummings
Title
The large intestine in nutrition and disease
Journal
Institut Danone
Reference
Authors
Heitzmann D, Warth R
Title
Physiology and pathophysiology of potassium channels in gastrointestinal epithelia.
Journal
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pcad00250 Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism
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