Article
Polymorphisms in 1-carbon metabolism, epigenetics and folate-related pathologies.
Journal of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics - 1 Jan 2011
Stover Patrick J
Abstract excerpt
Folate-mediated 1-carbon metabolism is a network of interconnected metabolic pathways necessary for the synthesis of purine nucleotides, thymidylate and the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine. Disruptions in this pathway influence both DNA synthesis and stability and chromatin methylation, and result from nutritional deficiencies and common gene variants. The mechanisms underlying folate-associated...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Carbon
- Chromatin
- DNA Methylation
- DNA Modification Methylases
- Epigenomics
- Folic Acid
- Genetic Variation
- Homocysteine
- Humans
- Mitochondria
