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Polymorphism of the methionine synthase gene : association with homocysteine metabolism and late-onset vascular diseases in the Japanese population.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 1999
Morita H, Kurihara H, Sugiyama T, Hamada C, Kurihara Y, Shindo T, Oh-hashi Y, Yazaki Y
Abstract excerpt
Methionine synthase and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) sequentially catalyze the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine. A point mutation in the encoding region of the methionine synthase gene, which results in substitution of an aspartic acid for a glycine residue (D919G), has been identified in patients of the cblG genetic complementation group; these patients exhibit significantly...
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