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Factors affecting formiminoglutamic acid excretion in vitamin B 12 deficiency
Abstract:
1. Formiminoglutamic acid, a product of the catabolism of histidine, is excreted in abnormally large amounts in the urines of vitamin B(12)-deficient rats and of vitamin B(12)-deficient sheep; the excretion is reduced to negligible amounts after administration of vitamin B(12). 2. After administration of certain methyl donors to vitamin B(12)-deficient rats or sheep urinary excretion of formiminoglutamic acid is temporarily decreased. 3. Irrespective of the pteroylglutamic acid status of the animals neither vitamin B(12)-deficient rats nor vitamin B(12)-deficient sheep have the ability to deal efficiently with histidine. 4. In sheep, urinary excretion of formiminoglutamic acid is increased after administration of aminopterin; treatment with pteroylglutamic acid restores the ability of the animal to deal with the catabolic products of histidine. 5. The possible functions of vitamin B(12) and methionine in relieving a virtual deficiency of pteroylglutamic acid are discussed.
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