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The breakdown of SAH, which is reversible, results in the release of free homocysteine which is converted to methionine while being used as a substrate for the reduction of 5-methylenetetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) to tetrahydrofolate (THF).
Several studies then sought to determine whether elevated homocysteine levels were a cause or effect of cardiovascular disease, and evidence for a causal relationship is accumulating.
"The Hidden Causes of Heart Attacks" identifies a new villain, the amino acid homocysteine, which damages "arterial walls if it reaches high concentrations in the blood stream."
They found that that betaine supplementation, while effective at lowering homocysteine, also increased LDL cholesterol and triacylglycerol.
It is possible that increased expression of SAHH by filamentous conceptuses serves as a protective function at the level of the nucleus by reducing SAH to homocysteine thereby maintaining the SAM/SAH ratio at appropriate levels for SAM-mediated transmethylation reactions to occur.