Porcelli Marina, Ilisso Concetta Paola, Mosca Laura, Cacciapuoti Giovanna
a Dipartimento di Biochimica; Biofisica e Patologia Generale ; Seconda Università di Napoli ; Napoli , Italy.
Bioengineered. 2015;6(3):184-6. doi: 10.1080/21655979.2015.1045170.
The naturally and widely occurring sulfonium compound, S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), one of nature's most versatile molecules, is biosynthesized from methionine and ATP by AdoMet synthetase or methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) in a 2-step reaction in which the energy-rich sulfonium compound is formed by dephosphorylation of ATP. All living cells, with the only exception of some parasites and infectious agents, express MAT.
天然且广泛存在的锍化合物S-腺苷甲硫氨酸(AdoMet)是自然界中最具多功能性的分子之一,它由蛋氨酸和ATP通过腺苷甲硫氨酸合成酶或蛋氨酸腺苷转移酶(MAT)经两步反应生物合成,在该反应中,通过ATP的去磷酸化形成富含能量的锍化合物。除了一些寄生虫和传染因子外,所有活细胞都表达MAT。