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“Abstract It was shown previously that lysine was degraded in the mitochondria in the presence of α-ketoglutarate and, under these conditions, saccharopine accumulated (1).”
“The level of α-ketoglutarate influences both the rate and extent of conversion of lysine to β-lysine, but the system does not require substrate levels of α-ketoglutarate.”