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ergothioneine biosynthetic process

Known as: 2-mercaptoergothioneine trimethylbetaine formation, ergothioneine formation, ergothioneine synthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ergothioneine, a naturally occurring metabolite of histidine with antioxidant… 
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2007
2007
Conditions affecting ergothioneine levels in Mycobacterium smegmatis & the attempted isolation of α-N, N, N-Histidine methyltransferase, the first enzyme in ergothioneine biosynthesis
1963
1963
[ON THE EFFECT OF SOME DERIVATIVES OF ALIPHATIC TRIMETHYLBETAINE ON ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND ON THE HYDROLYSIS OF BETAINE ESTERS].