Malyl-CoA lyase provides glycine/glyoxylate synthesis in type I methanotrophs
S Y But1, S V Egorova1, V N Khmelenina1
1Federal Research Center «Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences», G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
The biochemical routes for assimilation of one-carbon compounds in bacteria require many clarifications. In this study, the role of malyl-CoA lyase in the metabolism of the aerobic type I methanotroph Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z has been investigated by gene inactivation and biochemical studies. The functionality of the enzyme has been confirmed by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. The mutant strain lacking Mcl activity demonstrated the phenotype of glycine auxotrophy. The genes encoding malyl-CoA lyase are present in the genomes of all methanotrophs, except for representatives of the phylum Verrucomicrobium. We suppose that malyl-CoA lyase is the enzyme that provides glyoxylate and glycine synthesis in the type I methanotrophs supporting carbon assimilation via the serine cycle in addition to the major ribulose monophosphate cycle.
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