Comparative studies on the methionine synthesis in sheep and rat tissues
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Comparative studies on the methionine synthesis in sheep and rat tissues
Abstract
The important features of the enzymes involved in methionine synthesis in sheep were found to be the low activity of betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase and the high activity of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase. The rate of the methionine synthesis in sheep liver was significantly lower than that in rats due to the low activity of hepatic betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase. The hepatic methionine recycling was stimulated by the addition of betaine in both species. These results indicate that in sheep 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase plays a significant role in hepatic methionine synthesis along with betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase. In contrast, in the rat hepatic system methionine synthesis is virtually dependent on betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase.
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