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Literature summary for 2.1.1.5 extracted from

  • Slow, S.; Garrow, T.A.
    Liver choline dehydrogenase and kidney betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase expression are not affected by methionine or choline intake in growing rats (2006), J. Nutr., 136, 2279-2283.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
choline liver BHMT activity is 1.3fold higher in rats fed the methionine deficient diet containing choline than in rats fed the methionine-adequate diet containing supplemental choline Rattus norvegicus
L-methionine independent of dietary choline, supplemental methionine increases hepatic BHMT activity by ca. 30% Rattus norvegicus
additional information choline and methionine do not affect BHMT activity, mRNA expression and immunodetectable protein in the kidney Rattus norvegicus

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Rattus norvegicus
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
kidney
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Rattus norvegicus
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liver
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Rattus norvegicus
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase
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Rattus norvegicus
BHMT
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Rattus norvegicus