Conversion of D-lysine via L-pepecolic acid in Neurospora crassa.
Neurospora crassa converts D-lysine to L-pipecolic acid and the latter to L-lysine by a pathway outlined herein and different from mechanisms hitherto known to be involved in interconversions of enantiomers of amino acids.
D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009491:Neurospora / Q000378:metabolism*; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D010875:Pipecolic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D010875:Pipecolic Acids; D008239:Lysine