Widespread bacterial lysine degradation proceeding via glutarate and L-2-hydroxyglutarate
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07563-6
Abstract: Lysine degradation has remained elusive in many organisms including Escherichia coli. Here we report catabolism of lysine to succinate in E. coli involving glutarate and L-2-hydroxyglutarate as intermediates. We show that CsiD acts as an… read more here.
Keywords: glutarate hydroxyglutarate; lysine degradation; hydroxyglutarate;