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- Name help_outline 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-galactonate Identifier CHEBI:57989 Charge -1 Formula C6H9O6 InChIKeyhelp_outline WPAMZTWLKIDIOP-NQXXGFSBSA-M SMILEShelp_outline OC[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)CC(=O)C([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
- Name help_outline D-glyceraldehyde Identifier CHEBI:17378 (Beilstein: 5726453; CAS: 453-17-8,367-47-5) help_outline Charge 0 Formula C3H6O3 InChIKeyhelp_outline MNQZXJOMYWMBOU-VKHMYHEASA-N SMILEShelp_outline [H]C(=O)[C@H](O)CO 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 14 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline pyruvate Identifier CHEBI:15361 (CAS: 57-60-3) help_outline Charge -1 Formula C3H3O3 InChIKeyhelp_outline LCTONWCANYUPML-UHFFFAOYSA-M SMILEShelp_outline CC(=O)C([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 215 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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The nonphosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway in the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Picrophilus torridus involves a novel 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate-specific aldolase.
Reher M., Fuhrer T., Bott M., Schonheit P.
The pathway of glucose degradation in the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Picrophilus torridus has been studied by in vivo labeling experiments and enzyme analyses. After growth of P. torridus in the presence of [1-(13)C]- and [3-(13)C]glucose, the label was found only in the C-1 and C-3 positions, ... >> More
The pathway of glucose degradation in the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Picrophilus torridus has been studied by in vivo labeling experiments and enzyme analyses. After growth of P. torridus in the presence of [1-(13)C]- and [3-(13)C]glucose, the label was found only in the C-1 and C-3 positions, respectively, of the proteinogenic amino acid alanine, indicating the exclusive operation of an Entner-Doudoroff (ED)-type pathway in vivo. Cell extracts of P. torridus contained all enzyme activities of a nonphosphorylative ED pathway, which were not induced by glucose. Two key enzymes, gluconate dehydratase (GAD) and a novel 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate (KDG)-specific aldolase (KDGA), were characterized. GAD is a homooctamer of 44-kDa subunits, encoded by Pto0485. KDG aldolase, KDGA, is a homotetramer of 32-kDa subunits. This enzyme was highly specific for KDG with up to 2,000-fold-higher catalytic efficiency compared to 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate (KDPG) and thus differs from the bifunctional KDG/KDPG aldolase, KD(P)GA of crenarchaea catalyzing the conversion of both KDG and KDPG with a preference for KDPG. The KDGA-encoding gene, kdgA, was identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) as Pto1279, and the correct translation start codon, an ATG 24 bp upstream of the annotated start codon of Pto1279, was determined by N-terminal amino acid analysis. The kdgA gene was functionally overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that KDGA is only distantly related to KD(P)GA, both enzymes forming separate families within the dihydrodipicolinate synthase superfamily. From the data we conclude that P. torridus degrades glucose via a strictly nonphosphorylative ED pathway with a novel KDG-specific aldolase, thus excluding the operation of the branched ED pathway involving a bifunctional KD(P)GA as a key enzyme. << Less
J. Bacteriol. 192:964-974(2010) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]
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