Component
Rat methionine adenosyltransferases (SAM-synthesis enzymes)
Rat methionine adenosyltransferases (SAM-synthesis enzymes). Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
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Where it participates (unsigned role)
Methionine adenosylation supplies SAM, the methyl donor consumed when guanidinoacetate is converted to creatine.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/creatine-research/11595668.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "b195a8b17815bf7d9223831374e2f85ae2f90d8d74117ad7aa8d94af7a9e94b0", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1687, "text_sha256": "b195a8b17815bf7d9223831374e2f85ae2f90d8d74117ad7aa8d94af7a9e94b0"}
- experimental_model
- Rat methyl-demand feeding and hepatocyte experiments; reaction context from the primary report
- exposure
- Guanidinoacetate, creatine and methionine exposures
- limitations
- The reaction record preserves the biochemical context of this primary experiment; it does not establish a universal fraction of human methylation demand.
- nutrient_topic
- Creatine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Creatine
- organism
- Rats
- plain_language
- Methionine must first be activated into SAM before its methyl group can finish creatine synthesis.
- primary_references
- [creatine-p11595668] Methylation demand and homocysteine metabolism: effects of dietary provision of creatine and guanidinoacetate. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11595668/ DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.5.e1095
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Liver and isolated hepatocytes
Creatine: synthesis, transport, phosphocreatine energetics and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 217–228
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Rat methyl-demand feeding and hepatocyte experiments; reaction context from the primary report · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### creatine-methionine-sam-supply Methionine adenosylation supplies SAM, the methyl donor consumed when guanidinoacetate is converted to creatine. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Creatine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Methionine must first be activated into SAM before its methyl group can finish creatine synthesis. organism: Rats tissue_or_cell_type: Liver and isolated hepatocytes experimental_model: Rat methyl-demand feeding and hepatocyte experiments; reaction context from the primary report limitations: The reaction record preserves the biochemical context of this primary experiment; it does not establish a universal fraction of human methylation demand. exposure: Guanidinoacetate, creatine and methionine exposures evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/creatine-research/11595668.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "b195a8b17815bf7d9223831374e2f85ae2f90d8d74117ad7aa8d94af7a9e94b0", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1687, "text_sha256": "b195a8b17815bf7d9223831374e2f85ae2f90d8d74117ad7aa8d94af7a9e94b0"} [creatine-p11595668] Methylation demand and homocysteine metabolism: effects of dietary provision of creatine and guanidinoacetate. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11595668/ DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.5.e1095
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Situations it appears in
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