Betaine homocysteine S-methyltransferase: Just a regulator of homocysteine metabolism?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2792-2803

  Pajares, M A ^a   Perez Sala D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betaine; Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase; Distribution; Homocysteine; Methionine; Protein interaction; Regulation; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 (2 CARBOXYMETHYLSULFANYLETHYLSULFANYL)BUTYRIC ACID; 3,3 DIMETHYLBUTYRATE; 4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; 5 (3 AMINO 3 CARBOXYPROPYLSULFANYL)PENTANOIC ACID; 6 (3 AMINO 3 CARBOXYPROPYLSULFANYL)HEXANOIC ACID; ARSENIC; BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; BUTYRIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOVALERIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; REGULATOR PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOGENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LIVER; METHIONINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33845508214     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6249-6     Document Type: Review

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