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S-Adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) (Fig. 1) was first identified as one of the products of the reactions that utilize S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) as a methyl donor by Scarano and Cantoni1 in 1954. Over the last 25 years, and especially in the last three or four years, AdoHcy has attracted increasing attention because it has become well established that AdoHcy is a competitive inhibitor of many, if not most, of the reactions in which AdoMet participates 2–13.
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Cantoni, G.L., Chiang, P.K. (1980). The Role of S-Adenosylhomocysteine and S-Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase in the Control of Biological Methylations. In: Cavallini, D., Gaull, G.E., Zappia, V. (eds) Natural Sulfur Compounds. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3045-5_6
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