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January 2020 issue

Cover illustration: An oxidized mutant of human mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (hBCAT) [Herbert et al. (2020), Acta Cryst. F76, 14-19]. hBCAT catalyzes the transamination of the branched-chain amino acids leucine, valine and isoleucine and -ketoglutarate to their respective
-keto acids and glutamate. This enzyme thus plays a significant role in amino-acid metabolism and whole-body nitrogen shuttling, in particular with respect to the de novo synthesis of the neurotransmitter glutamate in the brain.
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