Vitamin B-6 deficiency in rats reduces hepatic serine hydroxymethyltransferase and cystathionine β-synthase activities and rates of in vivo protein turnover, homocysteine remethylation and transsulfuration

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1115-1123

  Martinez, Mauricio ^a   Cuskelly, Geraldine J ^a   Williamson, Jerry ^a   Toth, John P ^a   Gregory III, Jesse F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; One carbon metabolism; Rats; Transsulfuration; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034015564     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.5.1115     Document Type: Article

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