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One of the mechanisms of homocysteine toxicity is related to the action of its metabolic precursor, S-adenosylhomocysteine, a powerful methyltransferase competitive inhibitor. Disruption of DNA methylation has been demonstrated to occur as a result of hyperhomocysteinemia, and\/or is associated with vascular damage. DNA hypomethylation has been found in the mononuclear cell fraction of uremic patients with hyperhomocysteinemia. Proteins are also targets of homocysteine-dependent molecular damage. The formation of oxidative products with free cysteinyl residue thiol groups has been demonstrated to occur in blood. The latter also represents a mechanism for the transport of homocysteine in plasma. In addition, homocysteine thiolactone has been shown to react with free amino groups in proteins to form isopeptide bonds, in particular at the lysine residue level. Another type of isopeptide bond in proteins may result from the deamidation and isomerization of asparaginyl residues, yielding abnormal isoaspartyl residues, which have been demonstrated to be increased in uremic patients. Folate treatment exerts a partial, but significant, homocysteine-lowering effect in uremic patients and has been shown to improve the changes in macromolecules induced by high homocysteine levels. In conclusion, both DNA and proteins are structurally modified in uremia as a consequence of high homocysteine levels. 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