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RECENT work in this laboratory1,2, together with earlier observations by Hockenhull3, have provided strong evidence indicating that in Aspergillus nidulans cysteine is synthesized from inorganic sulphur sources via S-sulphocysteine (cysteine-S-sulphonate) as the immediate precursor. This latter compound has, however, not yet been reported to occur in micro-organisms. In the present communication we report that a mutant strain of A. nidulans actually accumulates radioactive S-sulphocysteine when grown in a medium containing sulphate labelled with sulphur-35. The mutant used, strain 793, has been shown to be genetically blocked in the reaction by which S-sulphocysteine is converted to cysteine1,2.
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NAKAMURA, T., SATO, R. Accumulation of S-Sulphocysteine by a Mutant Strain of Aspergillus nidulans. Nature 193, 481–482 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193481a0
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