Epigenetics and Metabolism – an Interesting Relation

Abstract

In biotechnologies, genetics is an important issue in preserving the animal and plant species, and also in medical diagnostic. Epigenetic is one branch of genetics that studies the variation of phenotypic traits which can be the consequences of different factors, especially the environmental factors. And, because of the epigenetic is dealing with the gens, which are biochemically defined by proteins' metabolism, we can say that there is a special inter-relation between epigenetic and metabolism. Changes in the metabolism of some biochemical compounds can be transferred to gene expression – which can be also altered. The latest experimental studies published in different scientific journals proved that epigenetic is closely related to the phenotypic traits and to the environment.

Keywords

• epigenetic
• biotechnology
• metabolism