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Background and Purpose—Total homocysteine (tHcy) levels are associated with secondary vascular events and mortality after stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate whether tHcy levels in the ...
Homocysteine is also linked to certain pregnancy complications 10. Homocysteine is metabolized to cysteine via transsulfuration by the enzymes cystathionine beta-synthase and cystathionase, or via ...
Phototropin is a plant blue-light sensor protein that possesses a flavin mononucleotide (FMN) as the chromophore in LOV domains. Its photoreaction is an adduct formation between FMN and a nearby ...
A possible explanation is that purine metabolism is involved in cobalamin metabolism. During the cycle in which methionine is changed to homocysteine, methionine is converted to adenosylhomocysteine ...
Inhibition of the S-adenosyl methionine (SAM)-producing metabolic enzyme, methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A), has received significant interest in the field of medicinal chemistry due to its ...
Enayat takes a vitamin B complex and folate supplement. "I have a methylation gene defect, which means that my homocysteine, one of the markers, rises high, which is very pro-inflammatory.