Date published: 2026-4-24

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GAMT Activators

The GAMT Activators represent a class of compounds selected for their to indirectly enhance the functional activity of GAMT, a crucial enzyme in creatine synthesis. This class includes direct substrates and cofactors of GAMT, such as S-Adenosylmethionine and its stable form SAMe, which provide the necessary methyl groups for GAMT's enzymatic reaction. Enhancing the availability of these methyl donors is a direct method to increase GAMT activity. Additionally, compounds like Betaine, Choline, Methionine, and Dimethylglycine, which are involved in methyl donor metabolism, could also support GAMT activity. Their roles in providing or influencing the availability of methyl groups could indirectly facilitate GAMT's function in creatine synthesis.

Furthermore, essential nutrients like Folic Acid and Vitamin B12, integral to one-carbon metabolism and methylation reactions, could indirectly enhance GAMT activity by ensuring efficient SAM synthesis. Arginine and Glycine, precursors in the biosynthesis of guanidinoacetate, the substrate for GAMT, could also indirectly influence GAMT activity by ensuring substrate availability. Additionally, the presence of Creatine, the end product of GAMT's reaction, might provide feedback regulation, influencing GAMT's expression and activity. Compounds like Ornithine, which are part of the urea cycle and arginine metabolism, demonstrate the interconnectedness of metabolic pathways and how they can influence enzymes like GAMT.

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Product NameCAS #Catalog #QUANTITYPriceCitationsRATING

Ademetionine

29908-03-0sc-278677
sc-278677A
100 mg
1 g
$184.00
$668.00
2
(1)

As a methyl donor, it's directly involved in GAMT's catalytic process, potentially enhancing its activity by providing substrate availability.

Betaine

107-43-7sc-214595
sc-214595A
sc-214595B
sc-214595C
sc-214595D
sc-214595E
50 g
100 g
250 g
1 kg
2.5 kg
5 kg
$31.00
$41.00
$56.00
$163.00
$337.00
$592.00
2
(1)

Acts as a methyl donor in other pathways, could enhance GAMT activity by indirectly increasing methyl group availability.

Choline base solution

123-41-1sc-239545
100 ml
$79.00
(0)

A precursor of betaine, could indirectly support GAMT activity by contributing to the methyl donor pool through its metabolism to betaine.

Folic Acid

59-30-3sc-204758
10 g
$73.00
2
(1)

Involved in one-carbon metabolism, essential for SAM synthesis; its availability could enhance GAMT activity by supporting methylation reactions.

Vitamin B12

68-19-9sc-296695
sc-296695A
sc-296695B
sc-296695C
sc-296695D
sc-296695E
100 mg
1 g
5 g
25 g
100 g
1 kg
$60.00
$90.00
$325.00
$1155.00
$3851.00
$10056.00
2
(1)

Essential for SAM synthesis and methylation reactions; could indirectly enhance GAMT activity by supporting methyl donor availability.

DL-Methionine

59-51-8sc-397777
100 g
$45.00
(0)

A precursor of SAM, could enhance GAMT activity by increasing the availability of the primary methyl donor.

Glycine

56-40-6sc-29096A
sc-29096
sc-29096B
sc-29096C
500 g
1 kg
3 kg
10 kg
$41.00
$71.00
$112.00
$357.00
15
(9)

A substrate for guanidinoacetate synthesis, its availability could indirectly influence GAMT activity by ensuring substrate availability.

L-Arginine

74-79-3sc-391657B
sc-391657
sc-391657A
sc-391657C
sc-391657D
5 g
25 g
100 g
500 g
1 kg
$20.00
$31.00
$61.00
$219.00
$352.00
2
(0)

A precursor of guanidinoacetate, could indirectly enhance GAMT activity by increasing the availability of its substrate.

Ornithine

70-26-8sc-507552
100 mg
$77.00
(0)

Interacts with the urea cycle and arginine metabolism; could indirectly influence GAMT activity through metabolic interconnections.