S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (AdoHcy) is an important metabolic product in a variety of processes (1.2). This compound as well as 5'-methylthioadenosine are substrates for AdoHcy nucleosidase. an enzyme required In various prokaryotes cells (3.4.5.6) for the recovery of the enzymatic activity of methyl
Synthesis of S-ribosyl-L-homocysteine specifically tritiated at the 5-C position
✍ Scribed by G. Guillerm; B. Allart
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2135
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
S‐Ribosyl‐L‐homocysteine, tritiated specifically at the 5‐C position, has been synthesized in order to assay S‐Ribosyl‐L‐homocysteine hydrolase (EC. 3.3.1.3).
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