Table 3 Fluxes of the reactions catalyzed by the enzymes FTS, MTCH, MTD, MTHFR and MTR and the binding of 5mTHF and SHMT for different levels of MTHFR activity (ranging from 2x to 0.3x of wild type). CC, CT and TT refer to the C667T polymorphism.

From: A hybrid stochastic model of folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism: Effect of the common C677T MTHFR variant on de novo thymidylate biosynthesis

µM/h

FTS

MTCH

MTD

MTHFR

MTR

Unbinding of SHMT and 5mTHF

10fTHF → CHF

CHF → 10fTHF

CHF → CH2F

CH2F → CHF

MTHFR x2

13,101.4

332,703.8

330,313.4

37,733.2

35,342.8

26.8

26.8

17,035.2

MTHFR x1 - CC

23,582.5

756,270.3

744,706.4

89,938.7

78,374.9

21.6

21.6

14,964.5

MTHFR x0.7 - CT

31,430.7

884,173.6

864,936.0

106,222.3

86,984.7

16.0

16.0

12,231.1

MTHFR x0.5

36,054.6

954,589.4

930,806.0

115,378.8

91,595.3

11.7

11.7

9,754.6

MTHFR x0.3 - TT

39,755.7

1,002,680.1

975,243.2

121,653.1

94,216.2

7.1

7.1

6,559.7