(1) Nestlé Research Centre, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, (Switzerland);(2) Bossons 1B, CH-1018 Lausanne, (Switzerland);(3) Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1005 Lausanne, (Switzerland)
Abstract:
Summary A general update review of the dynamic aspect of protein metabolism is presented. The effect of excess protein level on protein metabolism has been the object of a limited number of studies in man. From the information available, it appears that the primary regulatory pathway for body protein homeostasis is the process of amino acid (protein) oxidation.