BHMT2 Products

Description

Homocysteine is a sulfur-containing amino acid that plays a crucial role in methylation reactions. Transfer of the methyl group from betaine to homocysteine creates methionine, which donates the methyl group to methylate DNA, proteins, lipids, and other intracellular metabolites. The protein encoded by this gene is one of two methyl transferases that can catalyze the transfer of the methyl group from betaine to homocysteine. Anomalies in homocysteine metabolism have been implicated in disorders ranging from vascular disease to neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida. [provided by RefSeq]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	23743 Human
Uniprot	NP_060084 Human NP_060084.2 Human Q9H2M3 Human
Product By Gene ID	23743
Alternate Names	betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase 2 betaine--homocysteine S-methyltransferase 2 EC 2.1.1.5 FLJ20001