Used to hydrolyse defatted soy beans in soy sauce manuf.
Glutaminase is also expressed in the epithelial cells of the renal tubules, where the produced ammonia is excreted as ammonium ions. This excretion of ammonium ions is an important mechanism of renal acid-base regulation. During an acidosis, glutaminase is induced in the kidney, which leads to an increase in the amount of ammonium ions excreted.; Glutaminase is an amidohydrolase enzyme which generates glutamate from glutamine. Glutaminase has tissue-specific isoenzymes. Importantly, glutaminase is found in glial cells.
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