ABSTRACT
The 3-hydroxypropionate cycle has been proposed to operate as the autotrophic CO
2
fixation pathway in the phototrophic bacterium
Chloroflexus aurantiacus
. In this pathway, acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) and two bicarbonate molecules are converted to malate. Acetyl-CoA is regenerated from malyl-CoA by
l
-malyl-CoA lyase. The enzyme forming malyl-CoA, succinyl-CoA:
l
-malate coenzyme A transferase, was purified. Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of its two subunits, the corresponding genes were identified on a gene cluster which also contains the gene for
l
-malyl-CoA lyase, the subsequent enzyme in the pathway. Both enzymes were severalfold up-regulated under autotrophic conditions, which is in line with their proposed function in CO
2
fixation. The two CoA transferase genes were cloned and heterologously expressed in
Escherichia coli
, and the recombinant enzyme was purified and studied. Succinyl-CoA:
l
-malate CoA transferase forms a large (αβ)
n
complex consisting of 46- and 44-kDa subunits and catalyzes the reversible reaction succinyl-CoA +
l
-malate → succinate +
l
-malyl-CoA. It is specific for succinyl-CoA as the CoA donor but accepts
l
-citramalate instead of
l
-malate as the CoA acceptor; the corresponding
d
-stereoisomers are not accepted. The enzyme is a member of the class III of the CoA transferase family. The demonstration of the missing CoA transferase closes the last gap in the proposed 3-hydroxypropionate cycle.
摘要
有人提出 3-羟基丙酸循环作为自养型 CO
2
固定途径。
的自养二氧化碳固定途径。
.在这一途径中,乙酰辅酶 A(乙酰-CoA)和两个碳酸氢分子被转化为苹果酸。乙酰辅酶 A 通过以下途径从苹果酸中再生
l
-丙二酸裂解酶从丙二酸中再生。形成丙二酰-CoA、琥珀酰-CoA 的酶:
l
-丙二酸辅酶 A 转移酶。根据其两个亚基的 N 端氨基酸序列,在一个基因簇上确定了相应的基因,该基因簇还包括 l -丙二酰-CoA:l -丙二酸辅酶 A 转移酶的基因。
l
-丙二酰-CoA 裂解酶的基因。在自养条件下,这两种酶都有数倍的上调,这与它们在 CO
2
固定的功能。这两种 CoA 转移酶基因被克隆并异源表达于
大肠杆菌
对重组酶进行了纯化和研究。琥珀酰-CoA:
l
琥珀酰-CoA:l-苹果酸 CoA 转移酶形成一个大的 (αβ)
n
复合物,催化琥珀酰-CoA + l -苹果酸的可逆反应。
l
-丙二酸 → 琥珀酸 +
l
-丙二酸。它专门以琥珀酰-CoA 作为 CoA 供体,但也接受
l
-柠檬醛酸,而不是
l
-丙二酸作为 CoA 受体;相应的
d
-立体异构体不被接受。该酶属于 CoA 转移酶家族第三类。缺失的 CoA 转移酶的发现填补了 3-羟基丙酸循环中的最后一个空白。