The mechanism of thiomethyladenosine accumulation in yeast was studied by attempting to substitute homocysteine methylmercaptane methylmercaptoethanol and methylome captopropionaldehyde for methionine as a specific precursor. Negative results militate against transmethylation as the underlying mechanism. Tracer studies with methyl-C14- and and S35-labeled methionine suggest transthiomethylation with intermediate formation of a thetin-like compound tentatively termed methionyladenosine. The occurrence of another S-containing compound of this class, probably homo-cysteinyladenosine, is indicated. It appears that thiomethyl- adenosine is a split product of methionyladenosine
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Atomic Energy Commission Report AECU-2166
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The mechanism of thiomethyladenosine accumulation in yeast was studied by attempting to substitute homocysteine methylmercaptane methylmercaptoethanol and methylome captopropionaldehyde for methionine as a specific precursor. Negative results militate against transmethylation as the underlying mechanism. Tracer studies with methyl-C14- and and S35-labeled methionine suggest transthiomethylation with intermediate formation of a thetin-like compound tentatively termed methionyladenosine. The occurrence of another S-containing compound of this class, probably homo-cysteinyladenosine, is indicated. It appears that thiomethyl- adenosine is a split product of methionyladenosine
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Symposium on Phosphorus Metabolism. II. the Johns Hopkins University.
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