Metabolism of mandelic acid by Neurospora crassa.
Preliminary studies on the metabolism of manelic acid by Neurospora crassa reveal the operation of a pathway for its degradation which involves benzoyl formic acid, benzaldehyde, benzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and protocatechuic acid as the intermediates. This pathway is different from the followed by bacterial systems and is the same as that observed in Aspergillus niger.
D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D009491:Neurospora / Q000378:metabolism*; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011520:Protocatechuate-3,4-Dioxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
D008333:Mandelic Acids; D011520:Protocatechuate-3,4-Dioxygenase; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases