A recent study published in the medical journal Gut has revealed a novel cancer-promoting mechanism of Streptococcus ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 66, No. 3 (2015), pp. 805-812 (8 pages) Aliphatic glucosinolates (GLSs) are derived from chain-elongated methionine produced by an iterative three-step process, ...

MTAP encodes methylthioadenosine phosphorylase, an enzyme in the methionine salvage pathway that recycles methylthioadenosine to methionine. The gene resides on chromosome 9p21.3, adjacent to the ...

Reducing our intake of a single amino acid called methionine, which we get from the food we eat, could help protect against disease and promote healthy aging. Now, scientists have developed a ...