Component
Homocarnosine / GABA-L-histidine
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Purified human CARNS1 also synthesized homocarnosine using GABA, with lower catalytic efficiency than the beta-alanine reaction.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Recombinant human enzyme substrate comparison.
- limitations
- Shared synthesis does not mean the two peptides have identical functions.
- nutrient_topic
- Carnosine collection; isomer, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Carnosine / beta-alanyl-L-histidine
- plain_language
- The same enzyme can assemble a related GABA-containing peptide.
- primary_references
- Molecular identification of carnosine synthase as ATP-grasp domain-containing protein 1 (ATPGD1). · 2010 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20097752/ · DOI 10.1074/jbc.M109.095505
Carnosine: synthesis, transport, carbonyl chemistry and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 36–42
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Recombinant human enzyme substrate comparison. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## carnosine-homocarnosine The same enzyme can assemble a related GABA-containing peptide. Purified human CARNS1 also synthesized homocarnosine using GABA, with lower catalytic efficiency than the beta-alanine reaction. Model: Recombinant human enzyme substrate comparison. Limitations: Shared synthesis does not mean the two peptides have identical functions. Evidence access: Primary abstract Molecular identification of carnosine synthase as ATP-grasp domain-containing protein 1 (ATPGD1). · 2010 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20097752/ · DOI 10.1074/jbc.M109.095505
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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