Anthranilate is an important intermediate of tryptophan metabolism. In this study, a hydroxylase system consisting of an FADH2-utilizing monooxygenase (GTNG_3160) and an FAD reductase (GTNG_3158), as well as a bifunctional riboflavin kinase/FMN adenylyltransferase (GTNG_3159), encoded in the anthranilate degradation gene cluster inGeobacillus thermodenitrificansNG80-2 were functionally characterizedin vitro. GTNG_3159 produces FAD to be reduced by GTNG_3158 and the reduced FAD (FADH2) is utilized by GTNG_3160 to convert anthranilate to 3-hydroxyanthranilate (3-HAA), which is further degraded to acetyl-CoA through ameta-cleavage pathway also encoded in the gene cluster. Utilization of this pathway for the degradation of anthranilate and tryptophan by NG80-2 under physiological conditions was confirmed by real-time RT-PCR analysis of representative genes. This is believed to be the first time that the degradation pathway of anthranilate via 3-HAA has been characterized in a bacterium. This pathway is likely to play an important role in the survival ofG. thermodenitrificansin the oil reservoir conditions from which strain NG80-2 was isolated.
Anthranilate是色
氨酸代谢的重要中间体。在这项研究中,位于Geobacillus thermodenitrificans NG80-2的anthranilate降解
基因簇中编码的一个由FAD还原酶(GTNG_3158)和一个FADH2利用单加氧酶(GTNG_3160)组成的羟化酶系统,以及一个双功能
核黄素激酶/
FMN
腺苷酰转移酶(GTNG_3159)在体外进行了功能特性描述。GTNG_3159产生FAD,被GTNG_3158还原,而还原的FAD(FADH2)被GTNG_3160利用,将anthranilate转化为3-羟基anthranilate(3-H
AA),后者通过
基因簇中编码的meta-断裂途径进一步降解为
乙酰辅酶A。通过代表性
基因的实时RT-PCR分析,证实了NG80-2在生理条件下利用此途径降解anthranilate和色
氨酸。这被认为是第一次在细菌中表征了通过3-H
AA的anthranilate降解途径。这条途径很可能在NG80-2分离的油藏条件下发挥重要作用,有助于其生存。