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Reactive oxygen species homeostasis and virulence of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans requires an intact proline catabolism pathway.
Genetics - 1 Jun 2013
Lee I Russel, Lui Edmund Y L, Chow Eve W L, Arras Samantha D M, Morrow Carl A, Fraser James A
Abstract excerpt
Degradation of the multifunctional amino acid proline is associated with mitochondrial oxidative respiration. The two-step oxidation of proline is catalyzed by proline oxidase and Δ(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase, which produce P5C and glutamate, respectively. In animal and plant cells, impairment of P5C dehydrogenase activity results in P5C-proline cycling when exogenous proline is supplied via...
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