Although guanidine is widely used in the manufacturing of plastics, as reactant in certain explosives and propellants and as a chaotropic reagent in biochemistry, a prominent role in nature has not been identified to date. The lack of knowledge about the physiological role and source of free guanidine in biological systems is in bright contrast to the widespread occurrence of guanidine riboswitches.

No abstract

A novel degradation pathway enables rhizosphere-associated bacteria to utilize canavanine.

No abstract