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Methyl recycling activities are co-ordinately regulated during plant development.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2007
Pereira L A R, Todorova M, Cai X, Makaroff C A, Emery R J N, Moffatt B A
Abstract excerpt
A large number of compounds including lignin, phospholipids, pectin, DNA, mRNA, and proteins require methyl groups for their functionality. A detailed study of the expression and activities of two enzymes, adenosine kinase (ADK) and S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH), which are both required for the maintenance and recycling of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methylation in plants, was carried out. The...
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