Article ; Online: Not a "they" but a "we": The microbiome helps promote our well-being.
The Journal of biological chemistry
2021 Volume 298, Issue 2, Page(s) 101511
Abstract: Anaerobic microbes in the human gut produce beneficial and harmful compounds, as well as neutral compounds like trimethylamine, which undergoes microbial metabolism or host-catalyzed transformation into proatherogenic trimethylamine-N-oxide. Ellenbogen ... ...
Abstract | Anaerobic microbes in the human gut produce beneficial and harmful compounds, as well as neutral compounds like trimethylamine, which undergoes microbial metabolism or host-catalyzed transformation into proatherogenic trimethylamine-N-oxide. Ellenbogen et al. identified a microbiome-associated demethylase that short-circuits the production of trimethylamine-N-oxide from the metabolite γ-butyrobetaine and instead produces methyltetrahydrofolate, a key intermediate in the microbial production of beneficial small-chain fatty acids. This article highlights an example of how the microbiome is integrally involved in producing metabolites that support our health and in preventing the formation of compounds that promote disease. |
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MeSH term(s) | Betaine/analogs & derivatives ; Carnitine ; Eubacterium ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome ; Humans ; Methylamines/metabolism ; Methyltransferases/metabolism ; Microbiota ; Oxides ; Vitamin B 12 |
Chemical Substances | Methylamines ; Oxides ; Betaine (3SCV180C9W) ; gamma-butyrobetaine (407-64-7) ; Methyltransferases (EC 2.1.1.-) ; Vitamin B 12 (P6YC3EG204) ; Carnitine (S7UI8SM58A) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-12-18 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Comment |
ZDB-ID | 2997-x |
ISSN | 1083-351X ; 0021-9258 |
ISSN (online) | 1083-351X |
ISSN | 0021-9258 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101511 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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