Vitamin Bseveral has the largest and most complex chemical structure of all the vitamins. For this reason cobalamin is the term used to refer to compounds having vitamin B12 activity. Methylcobalamin and 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin are the forms of vitamin B12 used in the human body (1). The form of cobalamin used in most nutritional supplements and fortified foods, cyanocobalamin, is readily converted to 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin and methylcobalamin in the body. In mammals, cobalamin is a cofactor for only two enzymes, methionine synthase and L-methylmalonyl-coenzyme A mutase (2).
Cofactor having methionine synthase
Methylcobalamin is necessary towards the function of the newest folate-based enzyme, methionine synthase. That it chemical needs for the synthesis of your own amino acidic, methionine, off homocysteine. (więcej…)