AHCY (adenosylhomocysteinase; S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase, SAHH / AdoHcyase; EC 3.13.2.1) is an NAD+-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydrolysis of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH/AdoHcy) to L-homocysteine and adenosine. Each subunit binds one tightly associated NAD+ cofactor, and the active enzyme is a homotetramer. Because SAH is a potent product inhibitor of virtually all S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases, AHCY continuously clears the SAH generated during cellular transmethylation reactions and thereby relieves this feedback inhibition, sustaining methylation capacity. In doing so it links the SAM/L-methionine cycle to homocysteine metabolism and one-carbon metabolism. The protein is predominantly cytosolic, with reported minor nuclear and endoplasmic-reticulum pools. In humans, loss of AHCY activity causes hypermethioninemia with S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency (SAHH deficiency; HMAHCHD), a metabolic disorder with elevated SAH, SAM and methionine and clinical features including failure to thrive, developmental/psychomotor delay, myopathy/myocardiopathy and hepatopathy.
| GO Term | Evidence | Action | Reason |
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GO:0004013
adenosylhomocysteinase activity
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Core molecular function. AHCY is the S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase that converts SAH to L-homocysteine + adenosine. The phylogenetic (IBA) call is consistent with direct experimental evidence (IDA, PMID:10933798) and with the UniProt catalytic-activity annotation.
Reason: Well-supported family-level enzymatic function; this is the defining activity of AHCY and its orthologs across eukaryotes and bacteria.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Cytosol is the principal site of AHCY activity, supported by phylogenetic inference and corroborated by direct immunofluorescence (IDA:HPA) and Reactome curation of the cytosolic AHCY:NAD+ tetramer.
Reason: Consistent across IBA, IDA and TAS lines; the SAH-hydrolysis reaction proceeds in the cytosol.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-174401
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein that regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent transmethylations by hydrolysing the feedback inhibitor adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine (HCYS) and adenosine (Ade-Rib)
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GO:0033353
L-methionine cycle
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: AHCY operates within the L-methionine/SAM cycle: by hydrolysing SAH it regenerates homocysteine (which can be remethylated to methionine) and relieves methyltransferase product inhibition, making it a core participant of this cycle.
Reason: Core biological-process context, supported phylogenetically and by the enzyme's established position in the methionine/one-carbon cycle. (Ontology label is now "L-methionine cycle"; UniProt still displays the older synonym "S-adenosylmethionine cycle".)
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-174401
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein that regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent transmethylations by hydrolysing the feedback inhibitor adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine (HCYS) and adenosine (Ade-Rib)
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GO:0004013
adenosylhomocysteinase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic assignment of the core enzymatic activity via ARBA/RHEA/EC (EC 3.13.2.1, RHEA:21708). Redundant with, and consistent with, the IDA and IBA calls for the same term.
Reason: Automated mapping is correct and matches the experimentally validated catalytic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell) nuclear assignment. A nuclear pool of AHCY is experimentally observed (GFP-tagging, PMID:28647132) and is thought to act at sites of AdoMet-dependent methylation, but it is a secondary distribution rather than the principal catalytic compartment.
Reason: Real but minor localization; the dominant, functionally most relevant location is the cytosol.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28647132
AHCY is located both in cytoplasm and the nucleus.
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GO:0005737
cytoplasm
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell) cytoplasmic assignment. This is the broader parent of the more specific and better-supported cytosol annotation.
Reason: Correct but less specific than cytosol; consistent with the enzyme's established cytoplasmic/cytosolic localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm
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GO:0005783
endoplasmic reticulum
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell) ER assignment derived from the same GFP-tagging study (PMID:28647132) that reported an ER-associated pool. No ER-specific function of AHCY is established; the enzyme's catalysis is cytosolic.
Reason: Reported minor distribution, not a core functional location.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
Endoplasmic reticulum
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GO:0042470
melanosome
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell) melanosome assignment traceable to high-throughput melanosome-fraction mass spectrometry (PubMed:17081065). This is co-purification of an abundant cytosolic enzyme in an organelle proteomics dataset, not an established site of AHCY function.
Reason: Large-scale organelle proteomics identification; no evidence for a melanosome-specific role, and inclusion likely reflects abundance/co-fractionation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:25416956 A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network. |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a proteome-scale binary interactome (Y2H) map. The IntAct partner captured here (e.g. ANKRD40/Q6AI12, APPBP2/Q92624, C1orf50/Q9BV19) is not functionally interpreted, and the term conveys no specific molecular function.
Reason: Uninformative "protein binding" from a high-throughput interactome screen; retained per policy (experimental IPI) but flagged as over-annotated because it does not describe AHCY's molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25416956
we describe a systematic map of ?14,000 high-quality human binary protein-protein interactions
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:25910212 Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a large-scale interactome-perturbation study. No specific, functionally informative interaction for AHCY is defined.
Reason: Uninformative "protein binding" from a high-throughput screen; retained per policy but non-core and over-annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25910212
Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human genetic disorders.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:28514442 Architecture of the human interactome defines protein commun... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a large-scale interactome (protein-community) study; uninformative as a molecular-function statement for AHCY.
Reason: High-throughput interactome IPI with no specific functional interaction defined; retained but flagged as over-annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28514442
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease networks.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:31515488 Extensive disruption of protein interactions by genetic vari... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a study of variant-driven interaction disruption; uninformative for AHCY's molecular function.
Reason: High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but non-core and over-annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:31515488
Extensive disruption of protein interactions by genetic variants across the allele frequency spectrum in human populations.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:32296183 A reference map of the human binary protein interactome. |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a reference binary interactome map; no specific, functionally informative AHCY interaction is defined.
Reason: High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but over-annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32296183
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:33961781 Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from a proteome-scale (BioPlex-type) affinity-MS interactome; uninformative for AHCY's specific molecular function.
Reason: High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but over-annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:33961781
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:35271311 OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human ce... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Bare "protein binding" from the OpenCell endogenous-tagging IP-MS/imaging resource. Informative for localization/interaction cartography at scale, but the term itself does not describe a specific AHCY molecular function.
Reason: High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but over-annotated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:35271311
we combined genome engineering, confocal live-cell imaging, mass spectrometry and data science to systematically map the localization and interactions of human proteins
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IDA
GO_REF:0000052 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct immunofluorescence localization (Human Protein Atlas) to the cytosol, consistent with the enzyme's known predominantly cytosolic distribution and its cytosolic SAH-hydrolysis activity.
Reason: Direct experimental support for the core cellular location.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
GO:0005829; C:cytosol; IDA:HPA
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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EXP
PMID:28647132 Mutations in S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) affect ... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Experimental (GFP-tagging, fluorescence microscopy) demonstration that endogenous AHCY is present in both cytoplasm and nucleus, with disease mutations altering the nucleocytoplasmic ratio. The nuclear pool is a genuine but secondary distribution.
Reason: Real experimental localization but not the principal catalytic compartment; kept as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28647132
AHCY is located both in cytoplasm and the nucleus.
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GO:0005783
endoplasmic reticulum
|
EXP
PMID:28647132 Mutations in S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) affect ... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Experimental report (same GFP-tagging study) of an ER-associated AHCY pool. No ER-specific function is established.
Reason: Secondary localization from imaging; retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
Endoplasmic reticulum
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GO:0004013
adenosylhomocysteinase activity
|
IDA
PMID:10933798 Substrate binding stabilizes S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolas... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct experimental (IDA) evidence for the core adenosylhomocysteinase activity. This study characterizes substrate binding and the catalytic cycle of the homotetrameric enzyme and is the FUNCTION/CATALYTIC ACTIVITY reference in UniProt.
Reason: Strongest, direct experimental support for AHCY's defining molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10933798
a reduction in the overall dimensions of the homotetrameric enzyme following substrate binding and oxidation observed in earlier crystallographic studies
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:23533145 In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expres... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: High-throughput MS detection of AHCY in exosome preparations (prostatic-secretion urinary exosomes). AHCY is an abundant cytosolic protein routinely detected in exosome/secretome datasets; this is not evidence of a functional extracellular role.
Reason: Detection in a large-scale exosome proteome (co-isolation of an abundant cytosolic enzyme); not an established functional location.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
GO:0070062; C:extracellular exosome; HDA:UniProtKB
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-5579084 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome-traceable cytosolic location for AHCY, in the context of the reaction that is lost in AHCY deficiency (HMAHCHD). Consistent with the core cytosolic localization.
Reason: Author-traceable statement consistent with all other lines for the core location.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-5579084
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
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HDA
PMID:19056867 Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exos... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: High-throughput MS detection in urinary exosomes (1132 proteins identified). Reflects co-isolation of an abundant cytosolic protein, not a functional secreted location.
Reason: Large-scale exosome proteomics; over-annotation of location for an abundant cytosolic enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19056867
the analysis identified 1132 proteins unambiguously
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GO:0070062
extracellular exosome
|
HDA
PMID:20458337 MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and pote... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: High-throughput MS detection in B-cell-derived exosomes (539 proteins identified). Consistent with routine detection of an abundant cytosolic protein in exosome proteomes rather than a functional extracellular role.
Reason: Large-scale exosome proteomics; over-annotation of location.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20458337
identified 539 proteins, including known and not
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-174401 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome-traceable cytosolic location for the active AHCY:NAD+ tetramer that hydrolyses AdoHcy. Consistent with the core cytosolic localization.
Reason: Author-traceable statement for the core location; consistent with IBA and IDA.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-174401
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
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GO:0004013
adenosylhomocysteinase activity
|
TAS
PMID:2596825 Sequence of full length cDNA for human S-adenosylhomocystein... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Author-traceable assignment of adenosylhomocysteinase activity accompanying the original human AHCY full-length cDNA/protein report. Consistent with the core MF.
Reason: Traceable statement for the defining enzymatic function; redundant with the stronger IDA evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:2596825
Sequence of full length cDNA for human S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.
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GO:0071269
L-homocysteine biosynthetic process
|
IDA
PMID:10933798 Substrate binding stabilizes S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolas... |
NEW |
Summary: Proposed new BP annotation reflecting the UniProt-curated pathway (L-homocysteine biosynthesis; L-homocysteine from S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, step 1/1; UniPathway UPA00314/UER00076). This is the direct product-forming process of the AHCY-catalyzed reaction (SAH -> L-homocysteine + adenosine) and is more specific than the L-methionine cycle context (GO:0033353). Supported experimentally by the characterized catalytic activity (PMID:10933798).
Reason: The direct enzymatic product process (L-homocysteine biosynthesis from SAH) is not captured in the current GOA set but is well established and is used in core_functions.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine
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UniProt: P23526 (SAHH_HUMAN). Gene: AHCY / SAHH. HGNC:343. 432 aa. EC 3.13.2.1.
AHCY is adenosylhomocysteinase (S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase, SAHH / AdoHcyase),
the NAD+-dependent enzyme that reversibly hydrolyses S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH/AdoHcy)
to L-homocysteine + adenosine [file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt "Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine"; RHEA:21708; EC=3.13.2.1].
Function is experimentally established: PMID:10933798 provides FUNCTION and CATALYTIC ACTIVITY
evidence (ECO:0000269) and is the IDA basis for GO:0004013.
Because SAH is a potent product inhibitor of essentially every SAM-dependent methyltransferase,
AHCY clears SAH and thereby sustains cellular transmethylation, coupling the SAM/methionine cycle
to homocysteine metabolism. Reactome frames this explicitly: "Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a
tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein that regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent
transmethylations by hydrolysing the feedback inhibitor adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine
(HCYS) and adenosine (Ade-Rib)" [Reactome:R-HSA-174401].
Deficiency causes Hypermethioninemia with S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase deficiency (HMAHCHD;
MIM:613752) — elevated SAH/SAM/methionine, failure to thrive, psychomotor/developmental delay,
facial dysmorphism, myopathy/myocardiopathy, hepatopathy [file:UniProt DISEASE; Reactome:R-HSA-5579084;
PMID:15024124]. Numerous loss-of-function missense variants (R49C, G71S, D86G, A89V, Y143C, Y328D,
W112* truncation) reduce catalytic activity and/or perturb tetramerization and nucleocytoplasmic
distribution [file:UniProt VARIANT features; PMID:19177456; PMID:28647132].
Molecular function
- GO:0004013 adenosylhomocysteinase activity — IBA, IEA, IDA (PMID:10933798), TAS (PMID:2596825): ACCEPT (core MF). IDA is the strongest.
- GO:0005515 protein binding — IPI x13 rows from large-scale interactome / OpenCell screens (PMID:25416956, 25910212, 28514442, 31515488, 32296183, 33961781, 35271311): uninformative bare "protein binding". Per policy, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED (do NOT REMOVE experimental IPIs). The biologically meaningful interaction (AHCYL1 homolog, homotetramer) is captured elsewhere; the IntAct partners (ANKRD40 Q6AI12, C1orf50 Q9BV19, APPBP2 Q92624) are not functionally interpreted.
Biological process
- GO:0033353 L-methionine cycle — IBA: ACCEPT (core; methionine/SAM cycle context). (UniProt DR still shows the older label "S-adenosylmethionine cycle" for GO:0033353; current ontology label is "L-methionine cycle".)
Cellular component
- GO:0005829 cytosol — IBA + IDA(HPA) + TAS(Reactome x2): ACCEPT (core location). Multiple independent lines.
- GO:0005737 cytoplasm — IEA SubCell: ACCEPT (broader parent of cytosol; consistent, less specific).
- GO:0005634 nucleus — IEA SubCell + EXP (PMID:28647132): KEEP_AS_NON_CORE. Real but minor/secondary pool shown by GFP tagging; not the principal site of catalysis.
- GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum — IEA SubCell + EXP (PMID:28647132): KEEP_AS_NON_CORE. Same GFP-tagging study; secondary distribution, not a known ER function.
- GO:0042470 melanosome — IEA SubCell (from melanosome-fraction MS PubMed:17081065): MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED. High-throughput organelle proteomics co-purification; not an established site of AHCY function.
- GO:0070062 extracellular exosome — HDA x3 (PMID:23533145, 19056867, 20458337): MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED. Abundant cytosolic protein routinely detected in exosome/secretome MS; not a functional secreted location.
id: P23526
gene_symbol: AHCY
product_type: PROTEIN
status: INITIALIZED
taxon:
id: NCBITaxon:9606
label: Homo sapiens
description: >-
AHCY (adenosylhomocysteinase; S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase, SAHH / AdoHcyase;
EC 3.13.2.1) is an NAD+-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydrolysis of
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH/AdoHcy) to L-homocysteine and adenosine. Each subunit
binds one tightly associated NAD+ cofactor, and the active enzyme is a homotetramer.
Because SAH is a potent product inhibitor of virtually all S-adenosyl-L-methionine
(SAM)-dependent methyltransferases, AHCY continuously clears the SAH generated during
cellular transmethylation reactions and thereby relieves this feedback inhibition,
sustaining methylation capacity. In doing so it links the SAM/L-methionine cycle to
homocysteine metabolism and one-carbon metabolism. The protein is predominantly
cytosolic, with reported minor nuclear and endoplasmic-reticulum pools. In humans,
loss of AHCY activity causes hypermethioninemia with S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase
deficiency (SAHH deficiency; HMAHCHD), a metabolic disorder with elevated SAH, SAM and
methionine and clinical features including failure to thrive, developmental/psychomotor
delay, myopathy/myocardiopathy and hepatopathy.
alternative_products:
- name: '1'
id: P23526-1
- name: '2'
id: P23526-2
sequence_note: VSP_045404
existing_annotations:
- term:
id: GO:0004013
label: adenosylhomocysteinase activity
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Core molecular function. AHCY is the S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase that
converts SAH to L-homocysteine + adenosine. The phylogenetic (IBA) call is
consistent with direct experimental evidence (IDA, PMID:10933798) and with the
UniProt catalytic-activity annotation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Well-supported family-level enzymatic function; this is the defining activity of
AHCY and its orthologs across eukaryotes and bacteria.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine"
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: >-
Cytosol is the principal site of AHCY activity, supported by phylogenetic
inference and corroborated by direct immunofluorescence (IDA:HPA) and Reactome
curation of the cytosolic AHCY:NAD+ tetramer.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Consistent across IBA, IDA and TAS lines; the SAH-hydrolysis reaction proceeds in
the cytosol.
supported_by:
- reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-174401
supporting_text: >-
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
that regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent transmethylations by
hydrolysing the feedback inhibitor adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine
(HCYS) and adenosine (Ade-Rib)
- term:
id: GO:0033353
label: L-methionine cycle
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
AHCY operates within the L-methionine/SAM cycle: by hydrolysing SAH it regenerates
homocysteine (which can be remethylated to methionine) and relieves methyltransferase
product inhibition, making it a core participant of this cycle.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Core biological-process context, supported phylogenetically and by the enzyme's
established position in the methionine/one-carbon cycle. (Ontology label is now
"L-methionine cycle"; UniProt still displays the older synonym "S-adenosylmethionine cycle".)
supported_by:
- reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-174401
supporting_text: >-
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
that regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent transmethylations by
hydrolysing the feedback inhibitor adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine
(HCYS) and adenosine (Ade-Rib)
- term:
id: GO:0004013
label: adenosylhomocysteinase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Electronic assignment of the core enzymatic activity via ARBA/RHEA/EC (EC 3.13.2.1,
RHEA:21708). Redundant with, and consistent with, the IDA and IBA calls for the
same term.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Automated mapping is correct and matches the experimentally validated catalytic
activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine"
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic (UniProt SubCell) nuclear assignment. A nuclear pool of AHCY is
experimentally observed (GFP-tagging, PMID:28647132) and is thought to act at sites
of AdoMet-dependent methylation, but it is a secondary distribution rather than the
principal catalytic compartment.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Real but minor localization; the dominant, functionally most relevant location is
the cytosol.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:28647132
supporting_text: "AHCY is located both in cytoplasm and the nucleus."
- term:
id: GO:0005737
label: cytoplasm
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic (UniProt SubCell) cytoplasmic assignment. This is the broader parent of
the more specific and better-supported cytosol annotation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Correct but less specific than cytosol; consistent with the enzyme's established
cytoplasmic/cytosolic localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm"
- term:
id: GO:0005783
label: endoplasmic reticulum
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic (UniProt SubCell) ER assignment derived from the same GFP-tagging study
(PMID:28647132) that reported an ER-associated pool. No ER-specific function of AHCY
is established; the enzyme's catalysis is cytosolic.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Reported minor distribution, not a core functional location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "Endoplasmic reticulum"
- term:
id: GO:0042470
label: melanosome
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Electronic (UniProt SubCell) melanosome assignment traceable to high-throughput
melanosome-fraction mass spectrometry (PubMed:17081065). This is co-purification of
an abundant cytosolic enzyme in an organelle proteomics dataset, not an established
site of AHCY function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Large-scale organelle proteomics identification; no evidence for a melanosome-specific
role, and inclusion likely reflects abundance/co-fractionation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV"
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25416956
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from a proteome-scale binary interactome (Y2H) map. The
IntAct partner captured here (e.g. ANKRD40/Q6AI12, APPBP2/Q92624, C1orf50/Q9BV19)
is not functionally interpreted, and the term conveys no specific molecular function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Uninformative "protein binding" from a high-throughput interactome screen; retained
per policy (experimental IPI) but flagged as over-annotated because it does not
describe AHCY's molecular function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25416956
supporting_text: >-
we describe a systematic map of ?14,000 high-quality human binary
protein-protein interactions
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25910212
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from a large-scale interactome-perturbation study. No specific,
functionally informative interaction for AHCY is defined.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Uninformative "protein binding" from a high-throughput screen; retained per policy
but non-core and over-annotated.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25910212
supporting_text: "Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human genetic disorders."
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:28514442
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from a large-scale interactome (protein-community) study;
uninformative as a molecular-function statement for AHCY.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
High-throughput interactome IPI with no specific functional interaction defined;
retained but flagged as over-annotated.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:28514442
supporting_text: "Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease networks."
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:31515488
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from a study of variant-driven interaction disruption;
uninformative for AHCY's molecular function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but non-core and over-annotated.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:31515488
supporting_text: >-
Extensive disruption of protein interactions by genetic variants across the
allele frequency spectrum in human populations.
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:32296183
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from a reference binary interactome map; no specific,
functionally informative AHCY interaction is defined.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but over-annotated.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:32296183
supporting_text: "A reference map of the human binary protein interactome."
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:33961781
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from a proteome-scale (BioPlex-type) affinity-MS interactome;
uninformative for AHCY's specific molecular function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but over-annotated.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:33961781
supporting_text: "Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome."
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:35271311
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Bare "protein binding" from the OpenCell endogenous-tagging IP-MS/imaging resource.
Informative for localization/interaction cartography at scale, but the term itself
does not describe a specific AHCY molecular function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
High-throughput interactome IPI; retained per policy but over-annotated.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:35271311
supporting_text: >-
we combined genome engineering, confocal live-cell imaging, mass spectrometry and
data science to systematically map the localization and interactions of human proteins
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Direct immunofluorescence localization (Human Protein Atlas) to the cytosol,
consistent with the enzyme's known predominantly cytosolic distribution and its
cytosolic SAH-hydrolysis activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Direct experimental support for the core cellular location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "GO:0005829; C:cytosol; IDA:HPA"
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:28647132
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Experimental (GFP-tagging, fluorescence microscopy) demonstration that endogenous
AHCY is present in both cytoplasm and nucleus, with disease mutations altering the
nucleocytoplasmic ratio. The nuclear pool is a genuine but secondary distribution.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Real experimental localization but not the principal catalytic compartment; kept
as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:28647132
supporting_text: "AHCY is located both in cytoplasm and the nucleus."
- term:
id: GO:0005783
label: endoplasmic reticulum
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:28647132
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Experimental report (same GFP-tagging study) of an ER-associated AHCY pool. No
ER-specific function is established.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: >-
Secondary localization from imaging; retained as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "Endoplasmic reticulum"
- term:
id: GO:0004013
label: adenosylhomocysteinase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:10933798
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Direct experimental (IDA) evidence for the core adenosylhomocysteinase activity.
This study characterizes substrate binding and the catalytic cycle of the
homotetrameric enzyme and is the FUNCTION/CATALYTIC ACTIVITY reference in UniProt.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Strongest, direct experimental support for AHCY's defining molecular function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:10933798
supporting_text: >-
a reduction in the overall dimensions of the homotetrameric enzyme following
substrate binding and oxidation observed in earlier crystallographic studies
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:23533145
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
High-throughput MS detection of AHCY in exosome preparations (prostatic-secretion
urinary exosomes). AHCY is an abundant cytosolic protein routinely detected in
exosome/secretome datasets; this is not evidence of a functional extracellular role.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Detection in a large-scale exosome proteome (co-isolation of an abundant cytosolic
enzyme); not an established functional location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "GO:0070062; C:extracellular exosome; HDA:UniProtKB"
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-5579084
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome-traceable cytosolic location for AHCY, in the context of the reaction that
is lost in AHCY deficiency (HMAHCHD). Consistent with the core cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Author-traceable statement consistent with all other lines for the core location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-5579084
supporting_text: >-
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:19056867
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
High-throughput MS detection in urinary exosomes (1132 proteins identified). Reflects
co-isolation of an abundant cytosolic protein, not a functional secreted location.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Large-scale exosome proteomics; over-annotation of location for an abundant cytosolic
enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:19056867
supporting_text: "the analysis identified 1132 proteins unambiguously"
- term:
id: GO:0070062
label: extracellular exosome
evidence_type: HDA
original_reference_id: PMID:20458337
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
High-throughput MS detection in B-cell-derived exosomes (539 proteins identified).
Consistent with routine detection of an abundant cytosolic protein in exosome
proteomes rather than a functional extracellular role.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: >-
Large-scale exosome proteomics; over-annotation of location.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:20458337
supporting_text: "identified 539 proteins, including known and not"
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-174401
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: >-
Reactome-traceable cytosolic location for the active AHCY:NAD+ tetramer that
hydrolyses AdoHcy. Consistent with the core cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Author-traceable statement for the core location; consistent with IBA and IDA.
supported_by:
- reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-174401
supporting_text: >-
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
- term:
id: GO:0004013
label: adenosylhomocysteinase activity
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: PMID:2596825
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: >-
Author-traceable assignment of adenosylhomocysteinase activity accompanying the
original human AHCY full-length cDNA/protein report. Consistent with the core MF.
action: ACCEPT
reason: >-
Traceable statement for the defining enzymatic function; redundant with the stronger
IDA evidence.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:2596825
supporting_text: >-
Sequence of full length cDNA for human S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.
- term:
id: GO:0071269
label: L-homocysteine biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:10933798
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: >-
Proposed new BP annotation reflecting the UniProt-curated pathway (L-homocysteine
biosynthesis; L-homocysteine from S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, step 1/1; UniPathway
UPA00314/UER00076). This is the direct product-forming process of the AHCY-catalyzed
reaction (SAH -> L-homocysteine + adenosine) and is more specific than the
L-methionine cycle context (GO:0033353). Supported experimentally by the
characterized catalytic activity (PMID:10933798).
action: NEW
reason: >-
The direct enzymatic product process (L-homocysteine biosynthesis from SAH) is not
captured in the current GOA set but is well established and is used in core_functions.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine"
core_functions:
- description: >-
Adenosylhomocysteinase (S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase): NAD+-dependent
hydrolysis of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine to L-homocysteine and adenosine, clearing the
methyltransferase product inhibitor SAH and sustaining cellular transmethylation.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0004013
label: adenosylhomocysteinase activity
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0071269
label: L-homocysteine biosynthetic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:10933798
supporting_text: >-
a reduction in the overall dimensions of the homotetrameric enzyme following
substrate binding and oxidation observed in earlier crystallographic studies
- reference_id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: "Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine"
- description: >-
Participation in the L-methionine/S-adenosylmethionine cycle: by hydrolysing SAH,
AHCY regenerates homocysteine and relieves feedback inhibition of SAM-dependent
methyltransferases, coupling the methionine cycle to homocysteine and one-carbon
metabolism.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0004013
label: adenosylhomocysteinase activity
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0033353
label: L-methionine cycle
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-174401
supporting_text: >-
Adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) is a tetrameric, NAD+-bound, cytosolic protein
that regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent transmethylations by
hydrolysing the feedback inhibitor adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine
(HCYS) and adenosine (Ade-Rib)
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000033
title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location
vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by
UniProt
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000052
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
findings: []
- id: file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
title: UniProtKB entry P23526 (SAHH_HUMAN), Adenosylhomocysteinase
findings: []
- id: PMID:10933798
title: Substrate binding stabilizes S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase in a closed
conformation.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
PubMed-verified; IDA basis for GO:0004013 and UniProt FUNCTION/CATALYTIC ACTIVITY.
Characterizes substrate-induced closed conformation of the homotetramer.
- id: PMID:19056867
title: Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale exosome proteomics; AHCY detected among ~1132 proteins. Supports HDA
exosome localization but not a functional secreted role.
- id: PMID:20458337
title: MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and potential functional
implications for exosome biogenesis.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale B-cell exosome proteomics (539 proteins). Supports HDA exosome
detection only.
- id: PMID:23533145
title: In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expressed prostatic
secretions in urine.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale prostatic-secretion urinary exosome proteomics. Supports HDA exosome
detection only.
- id: PMID:25416956
title: A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Proteome-scale binary interactome map; source of bare "protein binding" IPI. No
specific functional AHCY interaction defined.
- id: PMID:25910212
title: Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human genetic disorders.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale interactome-perturbation study; source of bare "protein binding" IPI.
- id: PMID:2596825
title: Sequence of full length cDNA for human S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: MEDIUM
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Original human AHCY full-length cDNA report; TAS basis for GO:0004013.
- id: PMID:28514442
title: Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease
networks.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale interactome study; source of bare "protein binding" IPI.
- id: PMID:28647132
title: Mutations in S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) affect its nucleocytoplasmic
distribution and capability to interact with S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like
1 protein.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
AHCY-specific study; EXP basis for nucleus/ER localization and for the AHCYL1
interaction and disease-variant nucleocytoplasmic effects.
- id: PMID:31515488
title: Extensive disruption of protein interactions by genetic variants across the
allele frequency spectrum in human populations.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Large-scale variant/interaction study; source of bare "protein binding" IPI.
- id: PMID:32296183
title: A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Reference binary interactome (HuRI); source of bare "protein binding" IPI.
- id: PMID:33961781
title: Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human
interactome.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Proteome-scale affinity-MS interactome; source of bare "protein binding" IPI.
- id: PMID:35271311
title: 'OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization.'
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
OpenCell endogenous-tagging IP-MS/imaging resource; source of bare "protein binding" IPI.
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-174401
title: AHCY:NAD+ tetramer hydrolyses AdoHcy
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Reactome reaction for the core AHCY activity; TAS basis for cytosol localization.
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-5579084
title: Defective AHCY does not hydrolyse AdoHcy
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: MEDIUM
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: >-
Reactome reaction capturing loss of AHCY activity in HMAHCHD; TAS basis for cytosol.