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adenosylmethionine

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  • noun biochemistry An adenosyl derivative of methionine that is a common co-substrate involved in transmethylation

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  • SAMe (known formally as S-adenosylmethionine) is not an herb or a hormone.

    What Is Same 2008

  • Probably why s-adenosylmethionine has some analgesic benefits. report abuse

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • CapS, was subsequently demonstrated to function as an S-adenosylmethionine-dependent carboxyl methyltransferase to form the methyl ester derivative of A-503083 B.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Masanori Funabashi 2010

  • S-adenosylmethionine (adoMet), the adoMet to S-adenosylhomocysteine ratio, DNA methyltransferase activity, and methylated cytidine content of DNA.

    The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue 2009

  • In the presence of a S-adenosylmethionine synthetase inhibitor, i.e.,

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Homocysteine lies at a critical juncture between the trans-sulfuration pathway that leads to cysteine and glutathione (GSH) biosynthesis, and the branch that leads to S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) biosynthesis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Heidi M. Blank et al. 2009

  • Lieber also demonstrated that alcohol consumption promotes hepatitis and pioneered the therapeutic use of the supplement S-adenosylmethionine, or SAMe, to prevent liver toxicity.

    Primates in the News 2009

  • The homologous E. coli pcm gene codes for a Protein-L-isoaspartate O-methyltransferase (Pcm), which can specifically catalyze the transfer of the methyl groups from S-adenosylmethionine to atypical L-isoaspartyl residues in proteins

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Avital Tidhar et al. 2009

  • Slide 22: Cont; Glucosamine sulphate, chondroitin sulphate, S - adenosylmethionine (SAM-e) MSM (methylsulphonylmethane), shark cartilage, cat´s claw.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Tetrahydrofolate, vitamin B12, and S-adenosylmethionine 732 41

    AvaxHome RSS: kh_mail 2008

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