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- Name help_outline 2-hydroxyethylphosphonate Identifier CHEBI:60991 Charge -1 Formula C2H6O4P InChIKeyhelp_outline SEHJHHHUIGULEI-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline OCCP(O)([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 4 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline O2 Identifier CHEBI:15379 (CAS: 7782-44-7) help_outline Charge 0 Formula O2 InChIKeyhelp_outline MYMOFIZGZYHOMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline O=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 2,709 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline H+ Identifier CHEBI:15378 Charge 1 Formula H InChIKeyhelp_outline GPRLSGONYQIRFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H+] 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 9,431 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline hydrogencarbonate Identifier CHEBI:17544 (Beilstein: 3903504; CAS: 71-52-3) help_outline Charge -1 Formula CHO3 InChIKeyhelp_outline BVKZGUZCCUSVTD-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline OC([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 58 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline methylphosphonate Identifier CHEBI:68684 Charge -1 Formula CH4O3P InChIKeyhelp_outline YACKEPLHDIMKIO-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline CP(O)([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 3 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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Publications
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Synthesis of methylphosphonic acid by marine microbes: a source for methane in the aerobic ocean.
Metcalf W.W., Griffin B.M., Cicchillo R.M., Gao J., Janga S.C., Cooke H.A., Circello B.T., Evans B.S., Martens-Habbena W., Stahl D.A., van der Donk W.A.
Relative to the atmosphere, much of the aerobic ocean is supersaturated with methane; however, the source of this important greenhouse gas remains enigmatic. Catabolism of methylphosphonic acid by phosphorus-starved marine microbes, with concomitant release of methane, has been suggested to explai ... >> More
Relative to the atmosphere, much of the aerobic ocean is supersaturated with methane; however, the source of this important greenhouse gas remains enigmatic. Catabolism of methylphosphonic acid by phosphorus-starved marine microbes, with concomitant release of methane, has been suggested to explain this phenomenon, yet methylphosphonate is not a known natural product, nor has it been detected in natural systems. Further, its synthesis from known natural products would require unknown biochemistry. Here we show that the marine archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus encodes a pathway for methylphosphonate biosynthesis and that it produces cell-associated methylphosphonate esters. The abundance of a key gene in this pathway in metagenomic data sets suggests that methylphosphonate biosynthesis is relatively common in marine microbes, providing a plausible explanation for the methane paradox. << Less