AHCY

UniProt ID: P23526
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: INITIALIZED
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Gene 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.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0004013 adenosylhomocysteinase activity
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
GO:0005829 cytosol
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)
GO:0033353 L-methionine cycle
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)
GO:0004013 adenosylhomocysteinase activity
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
GO:0005634 nucleus
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.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
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
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
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
GO:0042470 melanosome
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
GO:0005515 protein binding
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
GO:0005515 protein binding
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.
GO:0005515 protein binding
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.
GO:0005515 protein binding
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.
GO:0005515 protein binding
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.
GO:0005515 protein binding
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.
GO:0005515 protein binding
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
GO:0005829 cytosol
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
GO:0005634 nucleus
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.
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
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
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
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
GO:0005829 cytosol
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
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
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
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
GO:0005829 cytosol
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
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.
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

Core Functions

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.

Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:10933798
    a reduction in the overall dimensions of the homotetrameric enzyme following substrate binding and oxidation observed in earlier crystallographic studies
  • file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
    Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + H2O = L-homocysteine + adenosine

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.

Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
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)

References

Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by UniProt
Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
file:human/AHCY/AHCY-uniprot.txt
UniProtKB entry P23526 (SAHH_HUMAN), Adenosylhomocysteinase
Substrate binding stabilizes S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase in a closed conformation.
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and potential functional implications for exosome biogenesis.
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expressed prostatic secretions in urine.
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human genetic disorders.
Sequence of full length cDNA for human S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase.
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease networks.
Mutations in S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) affect its nucleocytoplasmic distribution and capability to interact with S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like 1 protein.
Extensive disruption of protein interactions by genetic variants across the allele frequency spectrum in human populations.
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome.
OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization.
Reactome:R-HSA-174401
AHCY:NAD+ tetramer hydrolyses AdoHcy
Reactome:R-HSA-5579084
Defective AHCY does not hydrolyse AdoHcy

📚 Additional Documentation

Notes

(AHCY-notes.md)

AHCY (human) — curation notes

UniProt: P23526 (SAHH_HUMAN). Gene: AHCY / SAHH. HGNC:343. 432 aa. EC 3.13.2.1.

Core biology

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].

  • Cofactor: binds 1 NAD(+) per subunit [file:UniProt PubMed:12590576, PubMed:9586999].
  • Quaternary structure: homotetramer [file:UniProt SUBUNIT "Homotetramer"; PMID:19177456; PMID:28647132; PMID:9586999].
  • Pathway: L-homocysteine biosynthesis; L-homocysteine from S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, step 1/1 (UniPathway UPA00314; UER00076). Maps to GO:0071269 L-homocysteine biosynthetic process.
  • Localization: primarily cytosolic (IDA:HPA GO:0005829; Reactome TAS). Also reported in nucleus and ER by GFP-tagging PMID:28647132, and in melanosome fractions [PubMed:17081065, IEA-SubCell]. Nuclear pool is thought to act at sites of AdoMet-dependent methylation [PMID:28647132 abstract].

Disease

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].

GOA annotation review summary (P23526-goa.tsv, 31 lines)

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.

Notes on evidence access

  • No deep-research file (falcon out of credits, HTTP 402). Grounded in UniProt, GOA, cached publications, Reactome.
  • Interactome/exosome papers are large-scale MS/Y2H studies; AHCY appears in supplementary lists, not named in abstracts, so PMID verbatim quotes for the specific AHCY finding are not available in the cache. Location/exosome supporting_text drawn from file:UniProt where possible.

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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.