Reductive, coenzyme A-mediated pathway for 3-chlorobenzoate degradation in the phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris |
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Authors: | Egland P G Gibson J Harwood C S |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. |
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Abstract: | We isolated a strain of Rhodopseudomonas palustris (RCB100) by selective enrichment in light on 3-chlorobenzoate to investigate the steps that it uses to accomplish anaerobic dechlorination. Analyses of metabolite pools as well as enzyme assays suggest that R. palustris grows on 3-chlorobenzoate by (i) converting it to 3-chlorobenzoyl coenzyme A (3-chlorobenzoyl-CoA), (ii) reductively dehalogenating 3-chlorobenzoyl-CoA to benzoyl-CoA, and (iii) degrading benzoyl-CoA to acetyl-CoA and carbon dioxide. R. palustris uses 3-chlorobenzoate only as a carbon source and thus incorporates the acetyl-CoA that is produced into cell material. The reductive dechlorination route used by R. palustris for 3-chlorobenzoate degradation differs from those previously described in that a CoA thioester, rather than an unmodified aromatic acid, is the substrate for complete dehalogenation. |
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