``S``-Adenosyl methionine (SAM-e, SAMe, SAM, S-Adenosyl-L-methionine, AdoMet, ademetionine) is a common cosubstrate involved in methyl group transfers. SAM was first discovered in Italy by G. L. Cantoni in 1952. It is made from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and methionine by methionine adenosyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.6). Transmethylation, transsu...
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(= S-(5'-deoxyadenosine-5')-methionine) An activated derivative of methionine, that functions as a methyl group donor, in (for example) phospholipid methylation and bacterial chemotaxis.
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