Cystathionine is cleaved to cysteine, oxobutanoate, and ammonia by the alpha,gamma-elimination activity of cystathionine gamma-lyase (CTH). CTH utilises pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PXLP) as cofactor (Chiku et al. 2009, Steegborn et al. 1999).
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