ABSTRACT
Nuclear C-methyl incorporation
1. Benzene and toluene
Human bone marrow supplemented with
S-adenosylmethionine converts benzene into
toluene, which in turn yields o -, m - and p -xylenes
[F853]. This may account for the apparent
hydroxymethylation of benzene (Sloane, N.H.,
Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1965), 107, 599; Sloane,
N.H., Heinemann, M., Biochim. Biophys. Acta
(1970), 201, 384).
