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A highly conserved mechanism for the detoxification and assimilation of the toxic phytoproduct L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid in Aspergillus nidulans.
Scientific reports - 1 Apr 2021
Biratsi Ada, Athanasopoulos Alexandros, Kouvelis Vassili N, Gournas Christos, Sophianopoulou Vicky
Abstract excerpt
Plants produce toxic secondary metabolites as defense mechanisms against phytopathogenic microorganisms and predators. L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (AZC), a toxic proline analogue produced by members of the Liliaceae and Agavaciae families, is part of such a mechanism. AZC causes a broad range of toxic, inflammatory and degenerative abnormalities in human and animal cells, while it is known that some...
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