Pituitary gland: enzymic formation of methanol from S-adenosylmethionine.
An enzyme has been found that can transform S-adenosylmethionine to methanol and S-adenosylhomocysteine. This enzyme is highly localized in the pituitary gland of several mammalian species.
D000818:Animals; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D002845:Chromatography; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D000432:Methanol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010828:Physiology, Comparative; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D011817:Rabbits; D011874:Radiometry; D051381:Rats
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D008715:Methionine; D000432:Methanol