The resulting deficiency in the enzyme leads to an accumulation of the amino acid methionine in blood. Methionine is required to make many of the body’s normal proteins, but too much can be harmful.

Viral proteins reprogram several processes associated with primary metabolism by interacting with the host’s metabolic enzymes. The methionine cycle (MTC), also known as activated methionine cycle, is ...

A study conducted by a research team from Kumamoto University has shed light on the critical role of a tRNA methylation enzyme ... the initiator methionine tRNA, essential for starting protein ...