ABSTRACT
A new pathway for aerobic benzoate oxidation has been postulated for
Azoarcus evansii
and for a
Bacillus stearothermophilus
-like strain. Benzoate is first transformed into benzoyl coenzyme A (benzoyl-CoA), which subsequently is oxidized to 3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA and then to 3-ketoadipyl-CoA; all intermediates are CoA thioesters. The genes coding for this benzoate-induced pathway were investigated in the β-proteobacterium
A. evansii
. They were identified on the basis of N-terminal amino acid sequences of purified benzoate metabolic enzymes and of benzoate-induced proteins identified on two-dimensional gels. Fifteen genes probably coding for the benzoate pathway were found to be clustered on the chromosome. These genes code for the following functions: a putative ATP-dependent benzoate transport system, benzoate-CoA ligase, a putative benzoyl-CoA oxygenase, a putative isomerizing enzyme, a putative ring-opening enzyme, enzymes for β-oxidation of CoA-activated intermediates, thioesterase, and lactone hydrolase, as well as completely unknown enzymes belonging to new protein families. An unusual putative regulator protein consists of a regulator protein and a shikimate kinase I-type domain. A deletion mutant with a deletion in one gene (
boxA
) was unable to grow with benzoate as the sole organic substrate, but it was able to grow with 3-hydroxybenzoate and adipate. The data support the proposed pathway, which postulates operation of a new type of ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase acting on benzoyl-CoA and nonoxygenolytic ring cleavage. A β-oxidation-like metabolism of the ring cleavage product is thought to lead to 3-ketoadipyl-CoA, which finally is cleaved into succinyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA.
摘要
推测了一种新的有氧
苯甲酸酯氧化途径,该途径适用于
偶氮弧菌
和一种
类菌株的
-类菌株。
苯甲酸首先转化为苯甲酰
辅酶 A(苯甲酰-CoA),然后氧化为 3-羟基己二酰-CoA,再氧化为 3-酮基己二酰-CoA;所有中间产物都是 CoA
硫代酯。对β-蛋白细菌中编码这种
苯甲酸盐诱导途径的
基因进行了研究。
A. evansii
.根据纯化的
苯甲酸盐代谢酶和在二维凝胶上鉴定的
苯甲酸盐诱导蛋白的 N 端
氨基酸序列,确定了这些
基因。研究发现,15 个可能编码
苯甲酸盐途径的
基因聚集在染色体上。这些
基因编码以下功能:假定的
ATP 依赖性
苯甲酸运输系统、
苯甲酸-CoA 连接酶、假定的苯甲酰-CoA 加氧酶、假定的异构化酶、假定的开环酶、CoA 激活中间体的 β-氧化酶、
硫酯酶和内酯
水解酶,以及属于新蛋白家族的完全未知的酶。一种不寻常的推定调节蛋白由调节蛋白和
莽草酸激酶 I 型结构域组成。一个
基因缺失的缺失突变体(如
boxA
) 无法在以
苯甲酸盐为唯一有机底物的条件下生长,但却能在以 3-羟基
苯甲酸盐和
己二酸盐为唯一有机底物的条件下生长。这些数据支持所提出的途径,即假定一种新型环状羟化二氧 化酶作用于苯甲酰-CoA 和非氧分解环裂解。环裂解产物的β-氧化类似代谢被认为会产生 3-酮二酰-CoA,最后裂解成琥珀酰-CoA 和乙酰-CoA。