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Science 12 November 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3698, pp. 892 - 893
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3698.892
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Pituitary Gland: Enzymic Formation of Methanol from S-Adenosylmethionine

Julius Axelrod 1 and John Daly 1

1 National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

An enzyme has been found that can transform S-adenosylmethionine to methanol and S-adenosylhomocysteine. This enzyme is highly localized in the pituitary gland of several mammalian species.


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