title: Methionine degradation in Candida utilis.
abstract: Incubation of cell-free extracts of C. utilis and its ethionine-resistant mutants with methionine, aspartate and alanine, and with various acceptor oxo-acids showed the presence of several transamination activities (Glu-Asp, Ala-Glu, Met-Glu, Met-Ala, Ala-Asp, but not Met-Asp). The lack of utilization of methionine by mec mutants appears to be due to a transport lesion.
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002175:Candida / Q000378:metabolism*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D000637:Transaminases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D008715:Methionine; D000637:Transaminases