Ribose biosynthesis in methanogenic bacteria |
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Authors: | C G Choquet J C Richards G B Patel G D Sprott |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, KIA OR6 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | NMR spectroscopy was used to determine the labeling patterns of the ribose moieties of ribonucleosides purified from Methanospirillum hungatei, Methanococcus voltae, Methanobrevibacter smithii, Methanosphaera stadtmanae, Methanosarcina barkeri and Methanobacterium bryantii labeled with 13C-precursors. In most methanogens tested ribose was labeled in a manner consistent with the operation of the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway. In contrast, transaldolase and transketolase reactions typical of a partial nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway are hypothesized to explain the different labeling patterns and enrichments of carbon atoms observed in the ribose moiety of Methanococcus voltae. The source of erythrose 4-phosphate needed for the transaldolase reaction proposed in Methanococcus voltae, and for biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids in methanogenic bacteria in general, was assessed. Phenylalanine carbon atom C-7 was labeled by 1-13C]pyruvate in Methanospirillum hungatei, Methanococcus voltae, and Methanococcus jannaschii, the only methanogens which incorporated sufficient label from pyruvate for testing. Reductive carboxylation of a triose precursor (derived from pyruvate) to synthesize erythrose 4-phosphate is consistent with the labeling patterns observed in phenylalanine and ribose.Abbreviation TCA
Tricarboxylic acid
Issued as NRCC Publication No. 37382 |
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Keywords: | Methanogen Ribose biosynthesis Pentose phosphate pathway Transketolase Transaldolase |
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