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S-adenosyl methionine is a molecule, found endogenously as a substrate synthesized by the sub-groups adenosine and methionine through an the enzyme methionine adenosyltransferase. The adenosine subcomponent is comprised of an adedine nucleobase bonded to a ribose chain. This ribose chain is attached to the terminal carbon of the methionine group. Methionine is a butyl carboxylic acid substituted at R<sub>2</sub> with an amino group and at R<sub>4</sub> with a methylthio (carbon-sulphur) group. | S-adenosyl methionine is a molecule, found endogenously as a substrate synthesized by the sub-groups adenosine and methionine through an the enzyme methionine adenosyltransferase. The adenosine subcomponent is comprised of an adedine nucleobase bonded to a ribose chain. This ribose chain is attached to the terminal carbon of the methionine group. Methionine is a butyl carboxylic acid substituted at R<sub>2</sub> with an amino group and at R<sub>4</sub> with a methylthio (carbon-sulphur) group. S-adenosyl methionine is an essential methyl donator in metabolic reactions. | ||
==Pharmacology== | ==Pharmacology== | ||