A highly conserved mechanism for the detoxification and assimilation of the toxic phytoproduct L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid in Aspergillus nidulans

Abstract 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 r...

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Main Authors: Ada Biratsi, Alexandros Athanasopoulos, Vassili N. Kouvelis, Christos Gournas, Vicky Sophianopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86622-3