Kainic acid, or kainate, is an acid that naturally occurs in some seaweed. Kainic acid is a potent neuroexcitatory amino acid agonist that acts by activating...

Kainate receptors, or kainic acid receptors (KARs), are ionotropic receptors that respond to the neurotransmitter glutamate. They were first identified...

flavoring Guanosine monophosphate Inosinic acid Kainic acid Monopotassium glutamate Tien Chu Ve-Tsin "L-Glutamic acid". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved...

structure bearing a pyrrolidine dicarboxylic acid, represented by kainic acid. Acromelic acid A has the molecular formula C13H14N2O7. It has been isolated...

Domoic acid (DA) is a kainic acid-type neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP). It is produced by algae and accumulates in shellfish,...

the synthesis of a number of natural products, including aplysins, α-kainic acid, asperparalines, and alkaloids such as narciclasine and lycoricidine...

/ˈɡlaɪsiːn/ ) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain. It is the simplest stable amino acid (carbamic acid is unstable). In the...

play a key role in the generation and spread of epileptic seizures. Kainic acid, a convulsant that is widely used in epilepsy research induces seizures...

aspartic acid is one of the 22 proteinogenic amino acids, i.e., the building blocks of proteins. D-aspartic acid is one of two D-amino acids commonly...

decarboxylase or glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is an enzyme that catalyzes the decarboxylation of glutamate to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and carbon dioxide...