B-Vitamins and One-Carbon Metabolism

• Glavni avtor: Kristina Pentieva (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Elektronski Book Chapter
• Jezik: angleščina
• Izdano: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Teme: Biology, life sciences; B-vitamins and DNA methylation; B-vitamins; One-carbon metabolism; B-vitamins and risk of disease
• Online dostop: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and riboflavin play a key role as coenzymes in one-carbon metabolism which, in turn, is essential for a broad range of fundamental physiological processes, including RNA and DNA synthesis, cell division, tissue growth and methylation. Deficiencies or imbalance of B-vi...