The Nutritional Relationship Linking Sulfur to Nitrogen in Living Organisms1

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition Vol. 136; no. 6; pp. 1641S - 1651S
• Main Author: Ingenbleek, Yves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda Elsevier Inc 01.06.2006; American Institute of Nutrition
• Subjects: Biology; food composition; hyperhomocysteinemia; Nitrogen; Nutrition; Organisms; protein nutritional status; S-containing compounds; sulfate balance; Sulfur; sulfur biology; transthyretin; hyperhomocysteinemia; TBN; TBS; food composition; transthyretin; IAA; sulfate balance; protein nutritional status; TTR; sulfur biology; S-containing compounds; LBM; TBK; GSH; NDAD

Nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) coexist in the biosphere as free elements or in the form of simple inorganic NO3− and SO42− oxyanions, which must be reduced before undergoing anabolic processes leading to the production of methionine (Met) and other S-containing molecules. Both N and S pathways are tigh...