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L-methionine biosynthetic process from methylthioadenosine

Known as: L-methionine salvage from methylthioadenosine, methionine salvage from methylthioadenosine, methionine salvage pathway 
The generation of L-methionine (2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid) from methylthioadenosine. [GOC:jl, MetaCyc:PWY-4361]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Disordered methionine metabolism in MTAP/CDKN2A-deleted cancers leads to dependence on PRMT5
Tumors put in a vulnerable position Cancer cells often display alterations in metabolism that help fuel their growth. Such… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Metabolic characteristics and importance of the universal methionine salvage pathway recycling methionine from 5′‐methylthioadenosine
The methionine salvage pathway, also called the 5′‐methylthioadenosine (MTA) cycle, recycles the sulfur of MTA, which is a by… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Function, Structure, and Evolution of the RubisCO-Like Proteins and Their RubisCO Homologs
SUMMARY About 30 years have now passed since it was discovered that microbes synthesize RubisCO molecules that differ from the… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Was photosynthetic RuBisCO recruited by acquisitive evolution from RuBisCO-like proteins involved in sulfur metabolism?
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Bacterial variations on the methionine salvage pathway
BackgroundThe thiomethyl group of S-adenosylmethionine is often recycled as methionine from methylthioadenosine. The… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A Functional Link Between RuBisCO-like Protein of Bacillus and Photosynthetic RuBisCO
The genomes of several nonphotosynthetic bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, and some Archaea include genes for proteins with… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The methionine salvage pathway in Bacillus subtilis
BackgroundPolyamine synthesis produces methylthioadenosine, which has to be disposed of. The cell recycles it into methionine… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Mechanistic studies of two dioxygenases in the methionine salvage pathway of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Two dioxygenases (ARD and ARD') were cloned from Klebsiella pneumoniae that catalyze different oxidative decomposition reactions… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
One Protein, Two Enzymes*
Two enzymes, designated, E-2 and E-2′, catalyze different oxidation reactions of an aci-reductone intermediate in the methionine… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The Methionine Salvage Pathway in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Rat Liver
The 5-methylthio-D-ribose moiety of 5′-(methylthio)-adenosine is converted to methionine in a wide variety of organisms. 1,2… 
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