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. 2019 Oct 15;10:2350. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02350

TABLE 5.

Cysteine and other amino acid associated extreme pathways.

Pathway Reaction
P16a Cysteinyl–glycine + H2O → Cys + Gly
P68b 4-Methylthio–2-oxobutanoate + Cys → Mercaptopyruvate + L-Methionine
P69c Cysteate + 3H + + Mercaptopyruvate + 3NADPH → Cys + 2H2O + 3NADP + + Pyr + Sulfide
P70d 7ATP + 2Ala + Asp + Cys + GlcN6P + Glu + H + + NAD + + 2NADPH + 2Pyr + UDP–MurNAc + Undecaprenol → 2P + 7ADP + CO2 + H2O + Mercaptopyruvate + NADH + 2NADP + + 6Orthophosphate + Peptidoglycan
P75e 2ADP + 2Asp + GTP + ITP + 2Mercaptopyruvate → 2ATP + 2CO2 + 2Cys + GDP + IDP + 2Pyr
P81f 2P + 3ADP + 3Cys + 2G6P + 12GTP + 3H + + 3NADPH + 6Pyr → 3ATP + 3CO2 + 12GDP + 3H2O + 3Mercaptopyruvate + 3NADP + + 13Orthophosphate + 3Phe