Functional identification of APIP as human mtnB, a key enzyme in the methionine salvage pathway.

The methionine salvage pathway is widely distributed among some eubacteria, yeast, plants and animals and recycles the sulfur-containing metabolite 5-methylthioadenosine (MTA) to methionine. In eukaryotic cells, the methionine salvage pathway takes place in the cytosol and usually involves six enzym...

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Main Authors: Camille Mary, Paula Duek, Lisa Salleron, Petra Tienz, Dirk Bumann, Amos Bairoch, Lydie Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23285211/pdf/?tool=EBI