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Zehnle H, Otersen C, Benito Merino D, Wegener G. Potential for the anaerobic oxidation of benzene and naphthalene in thermophilic microorganisms from the Guaymas Basin. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1279865. [PMID: 37840718 PMCID: PMC10570749 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1279865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons (UAHs) are recalcitrant molecules abundant in crude oil, which is accumulated in subsurface reservoirs and occasionally enters the marine environment through natural seepage or human-caused spillage. The challenging anaerobic degradation of UAHs by microorganisms, in particular under thermophilic conditions, is poorly understood. Here, we established benzene- and naphthalene-degrading cultures under sulfate-reducing conditions at 50°C and 70°C from Guaymas Basin sediments. We investigated the microorganisms in the enrichment cultures and their potential for UAH oxidation through short-read metagenome sequencing and analysis. Dependent on the combination of UAH and temperature, different microorganisms became enriched. A Thermoplasmatota archaeon was abundant in the benzene-degrading culture at 50°C, but catabolic pathways remained elusive, because the archaeon lacked most known genes for benzene degradation. Two novel species of Desulfatiglandales bacteria were strongly enriched in the benzene-degrading culture at 70°C and in the naphthalene-degrading culture at 50°C. Both bacteria encode almost complete pathways for UAH degradation and for downstream degradation. They likely activate benzene via methylation, and naphthalene via direct carboxylation, respectively. The two species constitute the first thermophilic UAH degraders of the Desulfatiglandales. In the naphthalene-degrading culture incubated at 70°C, a Dehalococcoidia bacterium became enriched, which encoded a partial pathway for UAH degradation. Comparison of enriched bacteria with related genomes from environmental samples indicated that pathways for benzene degradation are widely distributed, while thermophily and capacity for naphthalene activation are rare. Our study highlights the capacities of uncultured thermophilic microbes for UAH degradation in petroleum reservoirs and in contaminated environments.
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- Hanna Zehnle
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
- MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
- MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Chen C, Zhang Z, Xu P, Hu H, Tang H. Anaerobic biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 223:115472. [PMID: 36773640 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Although many anaerobic microorganisms that can degrade PAHs have been harnessed, there is still a large gap between laboratory achievements and practical applications. Here, we review the recent advances in the biodegradation of PAHs under anoxic conditions and highlight the mechanistic insights into the metabolic pathways and functional genes. Achievements of practical application and enhancing strategies of anaerobic PAHs bioremediation in soil were summarized. Based on the concerned issues during research, perspectives of further development were proposed including time-consuming enrichment, byproducts with unknown toxicity, and activity inhibition with low temperatures. In addition, meta-omics, synthetic biology and engineering microbiome of developing microbial inoculum for anaerobic bioremediation applications are discussed. We anticipate that integrating the theoretical research on PAHs anaerobic biodegradation and its successful application will advance the development of anaerobic bioremediation.
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- Chao Chen
- College of Life Science, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, 116600, Liaoning, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd., Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Zain Ul Arifeen M, Ma Y, Wu T, Chu C, Liu X, Jiang J, Li D, Xue YR, Liu CH. Anaerobic biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by fungi isolated from anaerobic coal-associated sediments at 2.5 km below the seafloor. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 303:135062. [PMID: 35618067 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fungi represent the dominant eukaryotic group in the deep biosphere and well-populated in the anaerobic coal-bearing sediments up to ∼2.5 km below seafloor (kmbsf). But whether fungi are able to degrade and utilize coal to sustain growth in the anaerobic sub-seafloor environment remains unknown. Based on biodegradation investigation, we found that fungi isolated from sub-seafloor sediments at depths of ∼1.3-∼2.5 kmbsf showed a broad range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) anaerobic degradation rates (3-25%). Among them, the white-rot fungus Schizophyllium commune 20R-7-F01 exhibited the highest degradation, 25%, 18% and 13%, of phenanthrene (Phe), pyrene (Pyr) and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP); respectively, after 10 days of anaerobic incubation. Phe was utilized well and about 40.4% was degraded by the fungus, after 20 days of anaerobic incubation. Moreover, the ability of fungi to degrade PAHs was positively correlated with the anaerobic growth of fungi, indicating that fungi can use PAHs as a sole carbon source under anoxic conditions. In addition, fungal degradation of PAHs was found to be related to the activity of carboxylases, but little or nothing to do with the activity of lignin modifying enzymes such as laccase (Lac), manganese peroxidase (MnP) and lignin peroxidase (LiP). These results suggest that sub-seafloor fungi possess a special mechanism to degrade and utilize PAHs as a carbon and energy source under anaerobic conditions. Furthermore, fungi living in sub-seafloor sediments may not only play an important role in carbon cycle in the anaerobic environments of the deep biosphere, but also be able to persist in deep sediment below seafloor for millions of years by using PAHs or related compounds as carbon and energy source. This anaerobic biodegradation ability could make these fungi suitable candidates for bioremediation of toxic pollutants such as PAHs from anoxic environments.
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- Muhammad Zain Ul Arifeen
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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Zhang Z, Guo H, Sun J, Gong X, Wang C, Wang H. Anaerobic phenanthrene biodegradation by a newly isolated sulfate-reducer, strain PheS1, and exploration of the biotransformation pathway. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 797:149148. [PMID: 34311378 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Phenanthrene is a widespread and harmful polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is difficult to anaerobically biodegrade. Current challenges in anaerobic phenanthrene bioremediation are a lack of degrading cultures and limited knowledge of biotransformation pathways. Under sulfate-reducing conditions, pure-cultures and biotransformation processes for anaerobic phenanthrene biodegradation are poorly understood. In this study, strain PheS1, which is phylogenetically closely related to Desulfotomaculum, was found to be a sulfate-reducing phenanthrene-degrading bacterium. Anaerobic phenanthrene biodegradation using PheS1 was proposed based on metabolite and genome analyses, and the initial step was identified as carboxylation based on the detection of 2-phenanthroic acid, [13C]-2-phenanthroic acid, and [D9]-2- phenanthroic acid when phenanthrene+HCO3-, phenanthrene+H13CO3-, and [D10]-phenanthrene+HCO3- were used as the substrate, respectively. PheS1 genome ubiD gene encoding of carboxylase putatively involved in the biodegradation was performed. Next, benzene ring reduction and cleavage that produced benzene compounds and cyclohexane derivative were reported to occur in the downstream biotransformation processes. Additionally, benzene, naphthalene, benz[a]anthracene, and anthracene can be utilised by PheS1, whereas pyrene and benz[a]pyrene cannot. We discovered a new phenanthrene-degrading sulfate-reducer and provided the anaerobic phenanthrene biotransformation pathway under sulfate-reducing conditions, which can act as a reference for practical applications in bioremediation and for studying the molecular mechanisms of phenanthrene in anaerobic zones.
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- Zuotao Zhang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Zhang Z, Sun J, Guo H, Gong X, Wang C, Wang H. Investigation of anaerobic biodegradation of phenanthrene by a sulfate-dependent Geobacter sulfurreducens strain PheS2. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 409:124522. [PMID: 33229262 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous and harmful contaminants, which can be degraded aerobically. However, the persistence of PAHs in anoxic environments indicates that anaerobic biodegradation of PAHs should also be investigated. Pure-culture and biotransformation processes for anaerobic phenanthrene biodegradation with sulfate as a terminal electron acceptor remains in its infancy. In this study, we investigated anaerobic biodegradation of PAHs by PheS2, an isolated phenanthrene-utilizing sulfate-reducer, using phenanthrene as a model compound. PheS2 was phylogenetically closely related to Geobacter sulfurreducens and reduced sulfate to sulfide during anaerobic phenanthrene biodegradation. Phenanthrene biodegradation processes were detected using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, genome, and reverse transcription quantitative PCR analyses. Carboxylation was the initial step of anaerobic phenanthrene biodegradation based upon detection of 2- and 4-phenanthroic acid, its isotopically labeled analogs when using 13C-labeled bicarbonate and fully deuterated-phenanthrene (C14D10), and genes encoding enzymes putatively involved in the biodegradation. Further, ring-system reducing and cleavage occurred, and substituted benzene series and cyclohexane derivatives were detected in downstream biotransformation metabolites. Additionally, PheS2 can degrade benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, and benz[a]anthracene, but not pyrene and benz[a]pyrene. This study describes the isolation of an anaerobic phenanthrene-degrading sulfate-reducer, the first pure-culture evidence of phenanthrene biotransformation processes with sulfate as an electron acceptor.
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- Zuotao Zhang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Hollmann F, Opperman DJ, Paul CE. Biocatalytic Reduction Reactions from a Chemist's Perspective. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5644-5665. [PMID: 32330347 PMCID: PMC7983917 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Reductions play a key role in organic synthesis, producing chiral products with new functionalities. Enzymes can catalyse such reactions with exquisite stereo-, regio- and chemoselectivity, leading the way to alternative shorter classical synthetic routes towards not only high-added-value compounds but also bulk chemicals. In this review we describe the synthetic state-of-the-art and potential of enzymes that catalyse reductions, ranging from carbonyl, enone and aromatic reductions to reductive aminations.
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- Frank Hollmann
- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyVan der Maasweg 92629 HZDelftThe Netherlands
- Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of the Free State205 Nelson Mandela DriveBloemfontein9300South Africa
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- Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of the Free State205 Nelson Mandela DriveBloemfontein9300South Africa
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- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyVan der Maasweg 92629 HZDelftThe Netherlands
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Hollmann F, Opperman DJ, Paul CE. Biokatalytische Reduktionen aus der Sicht eines Chemikers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202001876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Frank Hollmann
- Department of Biotechnology Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft Niederlande
- Department of Biotechnology University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Bloemfontein 9300 Südafrika
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- Department of Biotechnology University of the Free State 205 Nelson Mandela Drive Bloemfontein 9300 Südafrika
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- Department of Biotechnology Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft Niederlande
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Chen G, Widdel F, Musat F. Effect of energy deprivation on metabolite release by anaerobic marine naphthalene‐degrading sulfate‐reducing bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4057-4066. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Gao Chen
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Celsiusstraße 1 Bremen D‐28359 Germany
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Celsiusstraße 1 Bremen D‐28359 Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Celsiusstraße 1 Bremen D‐28359 Germany
- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr., 15, 04318 Leipzig Germany
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Weyrauch P, Heker I, Zaytsev AV, von Hagen CA, Arnold ME, Golding BT, Meckenstock RU. The 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-2-Naphthoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase Reaction in the Anaerobic Degradation of Naphthalene and Identification of Downstream Metabolites. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e00996-20. [PMID: 32444470 PMCID: PMC7376553 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00996-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons has been investigated mostly with naphthalene as a model compound. Naphthalene degradation by sulfate-reducing bacteria proceeds via carboxylation to 2-naphthoic acid, formation of a coenzyme A thioester, and subsequent reduction to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoyl-coenzyme A (THNCoA), which is further reduced to hexahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA (HHNCoA) by tetrahydronaphthoyl-CoA reductase (THNCoA reductase), an enzyme similar to class I benzoyl-CoA reductases. When analyzing THNCoA reductase assays with crude cell extracts and NADH as electron donor via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), scanning for putative metabolites, we found that small amounts of the product of an HHNCoA hydratase were formed in the assays, but the downstream conversion by an NAD+-dependent β-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase was prevented by the excess of NADH in those assays. Experiments with alternative electron donors indicated that 2-oxoglutarate can serve as an indirect electron donor for the THNCoA-reducing system via a 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase. With 2-oxoglutarate as electron donor, THNCoA was completely converted and further metabolites resulting from subsequent β-oxidation-like reactions and hydrolytic ring cleavage were detected. These metabolites indicate a downstream pathway with water addition to HHNCoA and ring fission via a hydrolase acting on a β'-hydroxy-β-oxo-decahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA intermediate. Formation of the downstream intermediate cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA, which is the substrate for the previously described lower degradation pathway leading to the central metabolism, completes the anaerobic degradation pathway of naphthalene.IMPORTANCE Anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is poorly investigated despite its significance in anoxic sediments. Using alternative electron donors for the 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA reductase reaction, we observed intermediary metabolites of anaerobic naphthalene degradation via in vitro enzyme assays with cell extracts of anaerobic naphthalene degraders. The identified metabolites provide evidence that ring reduction terminates at the stage of hexahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA and a sequence of β-oxidation-like degradation reactions starts with a hydratase acting on this intermediate. The final product of this reaction sequence was identified as cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA, a compound for which a further downstream degradation pathway has recently been published (P. Weyrauch, A. V. Zaytsev, S. Stephan, L. Kocks, et al., Environ Microbiol 19:2819-2830, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13806). Our study reveals the first ring-cleaving reaction in the anaerobic naphthalene degradation pathway. It closes the gap between the reduction of the first ring of 2-naphthoyl-CoA by 2-napthoyl-CoA reductase and the lower degradation pathway starting from cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA, where the second ring cleavage takes place.
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- Philip Weyrauch
- Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Schmid G, Scheffen M, Willistein M, Boll M. Oxygen detoxification by dienoyl-CoA oxidase involving flavin/disulfide cofactors. Mol Microbiol 2020; 114:17-30. [PMID: 32080908 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Class I benzoyl-CoA reductases (BCRs) are oxygen-sensitive key enzymes in the degradation of monocyclic aromatic compounds in anaerobic prokaryotes. They catalyze the ATP-dependent reductive dearomatization of their substrate to cyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA (1,5-dienoyl-CoA). An aromatizing 1,5-dienoyl-CoA oxidase (DCO) activity has been proposed to protect BCRs from oxidative damage, however, the gene and its product involved have not been identified, yet. Here, we heterologously produced a DCO from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Ferroglobus placidus that coupled the oxidation of two 1,5-dienoyl-CoA to benzoyl-CoA to the reduction of O2 to water at 80°C. DCO showed similarities to members of the old yellow enzyme family and contained FMN, FAD and an FeS cluster as cofactors. The O2 -dependent activation of inactive, reduced DCO is assigned to a redox thiol switch at Eo ' = -3 mV. We propose a catalytic cycle in which the active site FMN/disulfide redox centers are reduced by two 1,5-dienoyl-CoA (reductive half-cycle), followed by two consecutive two-electron transfer steps to molecular oxygen via peroxy- and hydroxyflavin intermediates yielding water (oxidative half-cycle). This work identified the enzyme involved in a unique oxygen detoxification process for an oxygen-sensitive catabolic enzyme.
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- Georg Schmid
- Faculty of Biology - Microbiology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology - Microbiology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology - Microbiology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology - Microbiology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Zhou Y, Zou Q, Fan M, Xu Y, Chen Y. Highly efficient anaerobic co-degradation of complex persistent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by a bioelectrochemical system. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 381:120945. [PMID: 31421548 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that undergo long-distance migration and have strong biological toxicity are a great threat to the health of ecosystems. In this study, the biodegradation characteristics and combined effects of mixed PAHs in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) were studied. The results showed that, compared with a mono-carbon source, low-molecular-weight PAHs (LMW PAHs)-naphthalene (NAP) served as the co-substrate to promote the degradation of phenanthrene (PHE) and pyrene (PYR). The maximum degradation rates of PHE and PYR were 89.20% and 51.40% at 0.2500 mg/L in NAP-PHE and NAP-PYR at the degradation time of 120 h, respectively. Intermediate products were also detected, which indicated that the appending of relatively LMW PAHs had different effects on the metabolism of high-molecular-weight PAHs (HMW PAHs). The microbe species under different substrates (NAP-B, PHE-B, PYR-B, NAP-PHE, NAP-PYR, PHE-PYR) are highly similar, although the structure of the microbial community changed on the anode in the BES. In this study, the degradation regularity of mixed PAHs in BES was studied and provided theoretical guidance for the effective co-degradation of PAHs in the environment.
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- Yukang Zhou
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Architecture and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Dhar K, Subashchandrabose SR, Venkateswarlu K, Krishnan K, Megharaj M. Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Comprehensive Review. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2020; 251:25-108. [PMID: 31011832 DOI: 10.1007/398_2019_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of hazardous organic contaminants that are widely distributed in nature, and many of them are potentially toxic to humans and other living organisms. Biodegradation is the major route of detoxification and removal of PAHs from the environment. Aerobic biodegradation of PAHs has been the subject of extensive research; however, reports on anaerobic biodegradation of PAHs are so far limited. Microbial degradation of PAHs under anaerobic conditions is difficult because of the slow growth rate of anaerobes and low energy yield in the metabolic processes. Despite the limitations, some anaerobic bacteria degrade PAHs under nitrate-reducing, sulfate-reducing, iron-reducing, and methanogenic conditions. Anaerobic biodegradation, though relatively slow, is a significant process of natural attenuation of PAHs from the impacted anoxic environments such as sediments, subsurface soils, and aquifers. This review is intended to provide comprehensive details on microbial degradation of PAHs under various reducing conditions, to describe the degradation mechanisms, and to identify the areas that should receive due attention in further investigations.
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- Kartik Dhar
- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Formerly Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu, India
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
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Anselmann SEL, Löffler C, Stärk HJ, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Brüls T, Boll M. The class II benzoyl-coenzyme A reductase complex from the sulfate-reducing Desulfosarcina cetonica. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:4241-4252. [PMID: 31430028 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Benzoyl-CoA reductases (BCRs) catalyse a key reaction in the anaerobic degradation pathways of monocyclic aromatic substrates, the dearomatization of benzoyl-CoA (BzCoA) to cyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA (1,5-dienoyl-CoA) at the negative redox potential limit of diffusible enzymatic substrate/product couples (E°' = -622 mV). A 1-MDa class II BCR complex composed of the BamBCDEGHI subunits has so far only been isolated from the Fe(III)-respiring Geobacter metallireducens. It is supposed to drive endergonic benzene ring reduction at an active site W-pterin cofactor by flavin-based electron bifurcation. Here, we identified multiple copies of putative genes encoding the structural components of a class II BCR in sulfate reducing, Fe(III)-respiring and syntrophic bacteria. A soluble 950 kDa Bam[(BC)2 DEFGHI]2 complex was isolated from extracts of Desulfosarcina cetonica cells grown with benzoate/sulfate. Metal and cofactor analyses together with the identification of conserved binding motifs gave rise to 4 W-pterins, two selenocysteines, six flavin adenine dinucleotides, four Zn, and 48 FeS clusters. The complex exhibited 1,5-dienoyl-CoA-, NADPH- and ferredoxin-dependent oxidoreductase activities. Our results indicate that high-molecular class II BCR metalloenzyme machineries are remarkably conserved in strictly anaerobic bacteria with regard to subunit architecture and cofactor content, but their subcellular localization and electron acceptor preference may differ as a result of adaptations to variable energy metabolisms.
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- Faculty of Biology - Microbiology, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.,Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Brüderstr. 34, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- CEA, DRF, IBFJ, Genoscope, Evry, France.,CNRS-UMR8030, Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne and Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Faculty of Biology - Microbiology, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Low potential enzymatic hydride transfer via highly cooperative and inversely functionalized flavin cofactors. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2074. [PMID: 31061390 PMCID: PMC6502838 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10078-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hydride transfers play a crucial role in a multitude of biological redox reactions and are mediated by flavin, deazaflavin or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cofactors at standard redox potentials ranging from 0 to –340 mV. 2-Naphthoyl-CoA reductase, a key enzyme of oxygen-independent bacterial naphthalene degradation, uses a low-potential one-electron donor for the two-electron dearomatization of its substrate below the redox limit of known biological hydride transfer processes at E°’ = −493 mV. Here we demonstrate by X-ray structural analyses, QM/MM computational studies, and multiple spectroscopy/activity based titrations that highly cooperative electron transfer (n = 3) from a low-potential one-electron (FAD) to a two-electron (FMN) transferring flavin cofactor is the key to overcome the resonance stabilized aromatic system by hydride transfer in a highly hydrophobic pocket. The results evidence how the protein environment inversely functionalizes two flavins to switch from low-potential one-electron to hydride transfer at the thermodynamic limit of flavin redox chemistry. The reduction of 2-naphtoyl-CoA to 5,6 dihydro-2-naphtoyl-CoA by 2-naphtoyl-CoA reductase is below the negative redox limit usually encountered in biological hydride transfer. Here, via X-ray crystallography and spectroscopic analysis, the authors elucidated the mechanism behind this.
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Kraiselburd I, Brüls T, Heilmann G, Kaschani F, Kaiser M, Meckenstock RU. Metabolic reconstruction of the genome of candidate Desulfatiglans TRIP_1 and identification of key candidate enzymes for anaerobic phenanthrene degradation. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:1267-1286. [PMID: 30680888 PMCID: PMC6849830 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed pollutants. As oxygen is rapidly depleted in water‐saturated PAH‐contaminated sites, anaerobic microorganisms are crucial for their consumption. Here, we report the metabolic pathway for anaerobic degradation of phenanthrene by a sulfate‐reducing enrichment culture (TRIP) obtained from a natural asphalt lake. The dominant organism of this culture belongs to the Desulfobacteraceae family of Deltaproteobacteria and genome‐resolved metagenomics led to the reconstruction of its genome along with a handful of genomes from lower abundance bacteria. Proteogenomic analyses confirmed metabolic capabilities for dissimilatory sulfate reduction and indicated the presence of the Embden‐Meyerhof‐Parnas pathway, a complete tricarboxylic acid cycle as well as a complete Wood‐Ljungdahl pathway. Genes encoding enzymes putatively involved in the degradation of phenanthrene were identified. This includes two gene clusters encoding a multisubunit carboxylase complex likely involved in the activation of phenanthrene, as well as genes encoding reductases potentially involved in subsequent ring dearomatization and reduction steps. The predicted metabolic pathways were corroborated by transcriptome and proteome analyses, and provide the first insights into the metabolic pathway responsible for the anaerobic degradation of three‐ringed PAHs.
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- Ivana Kraiselburd
- Biofilm Centre, Aquatic Microbiology Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- CEA, DRF, Institut Jacob, Genoscope, Evry, France.,CNRS-UMR8030, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Centre of Medical Biotechnology, Chemical Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Centre of Medical Biotechnology, Chemical Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Centre of Medical Biotechnology, Chemical Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Biofilm Centre, Aquatic Microbiology Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Himmelberg AM, Brüls T, Farmani Z, Weyrauch P, Barthel G, Schrader W, Meckenstock RU. Anaerobic degradation of phenanthrene by a sulfate-reducing enrichment culture. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:3589-3600. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Anne M. Himmelberg
- Institute of Groundwater Ecology; Helmholtz Zentrum München; Neuherberg Germany
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- CEA, DRF, Institut Jacob, Genoscope; Evry France
- CNRS-UMR8030; Université Paris-Saclay; Evry France
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- Biofilm Centre; University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Mülheim Germany
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- Institute of Groundwater Ecology; Helmholtz Zentrum München; Neuherberg Germany
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Willistein M, Haas J, Fuchs J, Estelmann S, Ferlaino S, Müller M, Lüdeke S, Boll M. Enantioselective Enzymatic Naphthoyl Ring Reduction. Chemistry 2018; 24:12505-12508. [PMID: 29932261 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Birch reductions of aromatic hydrocarbons by means of single-electron-transfer steps depend on alkali metals, ammonia, and cryogenic reaction conditions. In contrast, 2-naphthoyl-coenzyme A (2-NCoA) and 5,6-dihydro-2-NCoA (5,6-DHNCoA) reductases catalyze two two-electron reductions of the naphthoyl-ring system to tetrahydronaphthoyl-CoA at ambient temperature. Using a number of substrate analogues, we provide evidence for a Meisenheimer complex-analogous intermediate during 2-NCoA reduction, whereas the subsequent reduction of 5,6-dihydro-2-NCoA is suggested to proceed via an unprecedented cationic transition state. Using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy, we demonstrate that both enzymatic reductions are highly stereoselective in D2 O, providing an enantioselective pathway to products inaccessible by Birch reduction. Moreover, we demonstrate the power of VCD spectroscopy to determine the absolute configuration of isotopically engendered alicyclic stereocenters.
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- Max Willistein
- Institute of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Stable Isotope and Metagenomic Profiling of a Methanogenic Naphthalene-Degrading Enrichment Culture. Microorganisms 2018; 6:microorganisms6030065. [PMID: 29996505 PMCID: PMC6164631 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6030065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) such as naphthalene are widespread, recalcitrant pollutants in anoxic and methanogenic environments. A mechanism catalyzing PAH activation under methanogenic conditions has yet to be discovered, and the microbial communities coordinating their metabolism are largely unknown. This is primarily due to the difficulty of cultivating PAH degraders, requiring lengthy incubations to yield sufficient biomass for biochemical analysis. Here, we sought to characterize a new methanogenic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture using DNA-based stable isotope probing (SIP) and metagenomic analyses. 16S rRNA gene sequencing of fractionated DNA pinpointed an unclassified Clostridiaceae species as a putative naphthalene degrader after two months of SIP incubation. This finding was supported by metabolite and metagenomic evidence of genes predicted to encode for enzymes facilitating naphthalene carboxylic acid CoA-thioesterification and degradation of an unknown arylcarboxyl-CoA structure. Our findings also suggest a possible but unknown role for Desulfuromonadales in naphthalene degradation. This is the first reported functional evidence of PAH biodegradation by a methanogenic consortium, and we envision that this approach could be used to assess carbon flow through other slow growing enrichment cultures and environmental samples.
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Kawada Y, Goshima T, Sawamura R, Yokoyama SI, Yanase E, Niwa T, Ebihara A, Inagaki M, Yamaguchi K, Kuwata K, Kato Y, Sakurada O, Suzuki T. Daidzein reductase of Eggerthella sp. YY7918, its octameric subunit structure containing FMN/FAD/4Fe-4S, and its enantioselective production of R-dihydroisoflavones. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 126:301-309. [PMID: 29699942 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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S-Equol is a metabolite of daidzein, a type of soy isoflavone, and three reductases are involved in the conversion of daidzein by specific intestinal bacteria. S-Equol is thought to prevent hormone-dependent diseases. We previously identified the equol producing gene cluster (eqlABC) of Eggerthella sp. YY7918. Daidzein reductase (DZNR), encoded by eqlA, catalyzes the reduction of daidzein to dihydrodaidzein (the first step of equol synthesis), which was confirmed using a recombinant enzyme produced in Escherichia coli. Here, we purified recombinant DZNR to homogeneity and analyzed its enzymological properties. DZNR contained FMN, FAD, and one 4Fe-4S cluster per 70-kDa subunit as enzymatic cofactors. DZNR reduced the CC bond between the C-2 and C-3 positions of daidzein, genistein, glycitein, and formononetin in the presence of NADPH. R-Dihydrodaidzein and R-dihydrogenistein were highly stereo-selectively produced from daidzein and genistein. The Km and kcat for daidzein were 11.9 μM and 6.7 s-1, and these values for genistein were 74.1 μM and 28.3 s-1, respectively. This enzyme showed similar kinetic parameters and wide substrate specificity for isoflavone molecules. Thus, this enzyme appears to be an isoflavone reductase. Gel filtration chromatography and chemical cross-linking analysis of the active form of DZNR suggested that the enzyme consists of an octameric subunit structure. We confirmed this by small-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy at a magnification of ×200,000. DZNR formed a globular four-petal cloverleaf structure with a central vertical hole. The maximum particle size was 173 Å.
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- Yuika Kawada
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Food Technology, Industrial Technology Center, Gifu Prefectural Government, 47 Kitaoyobi, Kasamatsu, Hashima, Gifu 501-6064, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Shubun University, 6 Nikko-cho, Ichinomiya, Aichi 491-0938, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Center for Highly Advanced Integration of Nano and Life Sciences, Gifu University (G-CHAIN), Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Center for Highly Advanced Integration of Nano and Life Sciences, Gifu University (G-CHAIN), Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
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Espínola F, Dionisi HM, Borglin S, Brislawn CJ, Jansson JK, Mac Cormack WP, Carroll J, Sjöling S, Lozada M. Metagenomic Analysis of Subtidal Sediments from Polar and Subpolar Coastal Environments Highlights the Relevance of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation Processes. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2018; 75:123-139. [PMID: 28702706 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-1028-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this work, we analyzed the community structure and metabolic potential of sediment microbial communities in high-latitude coastal environments subjected to low to moderate levels of chronic pollution. Subtidal sediments from four low-energy inlets located in polar and subpolar regions from both Hemispheres were analyzed using large-scale 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing. Communities showed high diversity (Shannon's index 6.8 to 10.2), with distinct phylogenetic structures (<40% shared taxa at the Phylum level among regions) but similar metabolic potential in terms of sequences assigned to KOs. Environmental factors (mainly salinity, temperature, and in less extent organic pollution) were drivers of both phylogenetic and functional traits. Bacterial taxa correlating with hydrocarbon pollution included families of anaerobic or facultative anaerobic lifestyle, such as Desulfuromonadaceae, Geobacteraceae, and Rhodocyclaceae. In accordance, biomarker genes for anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation (bamA, ebdA, bcrA, and bssA) were prevalent, only outnumbered by alkB, and their sequences were taxonomically binned to the same bacterial groups. BssA-assigned metagenomic sequences showed an extremely wide diversity distributed all along the phylogeny known for this gene, including bssA sensu stricto, nmsA, assA, and other clusters from poorly or not yet described variants. This work increases our understanding of microbial community patterns in cold coastal sediments, and highlights the relevance of anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation processes in subtidal environments.
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- Fernando Espínola
- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Centro Nacional Patagónico, Blvd. Brown 2915, U9120ACD, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Centro Nacional Patagónico, Blvd. Brown 2915, U9120ACD, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Instituto Nanobiotec, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Akvaplan-niva, Fram-High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, and ARCEx-Research Centre for Arctic Petroleum Exploration, Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- School of Natural Sciences and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Centro Nacional Patagónico, Blvd. Brown 2915, U9120ACD, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
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Chen H, Carter KE. Characterization of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids for wells located in the Marcellus Shale Play. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2017; 200:312-324. [PMID: 28591666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Hydraulic fracturing, coupled with the advances in horizontal drilling, has been used for recovering oil and natural gas from shale formations and has aided in increasing the production of these energy resources. The large volumes of hydraulic fracturing fluids used in this technology contain chemical additives, which may be toxic organics or produce toxic degradation byproducts. This paper investigated the chemicals introduced into the hydraulic fracturing fluids for completed wells located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia from data provided by the well operators. The results showed a total of 5071 wells, with average water volumes of 5,383,743 ± 2,789,077 gal (mean ± standard deviation). A total of 517 chemicals was introduced into the formulated hydraulic fracturing fluids. Of the 517 chemicals listed by the operators, 96 were inorganic compounds, 358 chemicals were organic species, and the remaining 63 cannot be identified. Many toxic organics were used in the hydraulic fracturing fluids. Some of them are carcinogenic, including formaldehyde, naphthalene, and acrylamide. The degradation of alkylphenol ethoxylates would produce more toxic, persistent, and estrogenic intermediates. Acrylamide monomer as a primary degradation intermediate of polyacrylamides is carcinogenic. Most of the chemicals appearing in the hydraulic fracturing fluids can be removed when adopting the appropriate treatments.
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- Huan Chen
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States.
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Martirani-Von Abercron SM, Marín P, Solsona-Ferraz M, Castañeda-Cataña MA, Marqués S. Naphthalene biodegradation under oxygen-limiting conditions: community dynamics and the relevance of biofilm-forming capacity. Microb Biotechnol 2017; 10:1781-1796. [PMID: 28840968 PMCID: PMC5658598 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are frequently released into the environment from anthropogenic sources. PAH remediation strategies focus on biological processes mediated by bacteria. The availability of oxygen in polluted environments is often limited or absent, and only bacteria able to thrive in these conditions can be considered for bioremediation strategies. To identify bacterial strains able to degrade PAHs under oxygen‐limiting conditions, we set up enrichment cultures from samples of an oil‐polluted aquifer, using either anoxic or microaerophilic condition and with PAHs as the sole carbon source. Despite the presence of a significant community of nitrate‐reducing bacteria, the initial community, which was dominated by Betaproteobacteria, was incapable of PAH degradation under strict anoxic conditions, although a clear shift in the structure of the community towards an increase in the Alphaproteobacteria (Sphingomonadaceae), Actinobacteria and an uncultured group of Acidobacteria was observed in the enrichments. In contrast, growth under microaerophilic conditions with naphthalene as the carbon source evidenced the development of a biofilm structure around the naphthalene crystal. The enrichment process selected two co‐dominant groups which finally reached 97% of the bacterial communities: Variovorax spp. (54%, Betaproteobacteria) and Starkeya spp. (43%, Xanthobacteraceae). The two dominant populations were able to grow with naphthalene, although only Starkeya was able to reproduce the biofilm structure around the naphthalene crystal. The pathway for naphthalene degradation was identified, which included as essential steps dioxygenases with high affinity for oxygen, showing 99% identity with Xanthobacter polyaromaticivorans dbd cluster for PAH degradation. Our results suggest that the biofilm formation capacity of Starkeya provided a structure to allocate its cells at an appropriate distance from the toxic carbon source.
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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Weyrauch P, Zaytsev AV, Stephan S, Kocks L, Schmitz OJ, Golding BT, Meckenstock RU. Conversion of cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA in the downstream pathway of anaerobic naphthalene degradation. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:2819-2830. [PMID: 28574200 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The cyclohexane derivative cis-2-(carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid [(1R,2R)-/(1S,2S)-2-(carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid] has previously been identified as metabolite in the pathway of anaerobic degradation of naphthalene by sulfate-reducing bacteria. We tested the corresponding CoA esters of isomers and analogues of this compound for conversion in cell free extracts of the anaerobic naphthalene degraders Desulfobacterium strain N47 and Deltaproteobacterium strain NaphS2. Conversion was only observed for the cis-isomer, verifying that this is a true intermediate and not a dead-end product. Mass-spectrometric analyses confirmed that conversion is performed by an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and a subsequent hydratase yielding an intermediate with a tertiary hydroxyl-group. We propose that a novel kind of ring-opening lyase is involved in the further catabolic pathway proceeding via pimeloyl-CoA. In contrast to degradation pathways of monocyclic aromatic compounds where ring-cleavage is achieved via hydratases, this lyase might represent a new ring-opening strategy for the degradation of polycyclic compounds. Conversion of the potential downstream metabolites pimeloyl-CoA and glutaryl-CoA was proved in cell free extracts, yielding 2,3-dehydropimeloyl-CoA, 3-hydroxypimeloyl-CoA, 3-oxopimeloyl-CoA, glutaconyl-CoA, crotonyl-CoA, 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA and acetyl-CoA as observable intermediates. This indicates a link to central metabolism via β-oxidation, a non-decarboxylating glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase and a subsequent glutaconyl-CoA decarboxylase.
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- Philip Weyrauch
- Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.,Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.,Health and Life Sciences, Northumberland University, Newcastle, UK
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- Applied Analytical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Applied Analytical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Martirani-Von Abercron SM, Pacheco D, Benito-Santano P, Marín P, Marqués S. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Induced Changes in Bacterial Community Structure under Anoxic Nitrate Reducing Conditions. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1775. [PMID: 27877167 PMCID: PMC5099901 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although bacterial anaerobic degradation of mono-aromatic compounds has been characterized in depth, the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as naphthalene has only started to be understood in sulfate reducing bacteria, and little is known about the anaerobic degradation of PAHs in nitrate reducing bacteria. Starting from a series of environments which had suffered different degrees of hydrocarbon pollution, we used most probable number (MPN) enumeration to detect and quantify the presence of bacterial communities able to degrade several PAHs using nitrate as electron acceptor. We detected the presence of a substantial nitrate reducing community able to degrade naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene (2MN), and anthracene in some of the sites. With the aim of isolating strains able to degrade PAHs under denitrifying conditions, we set up a series of enrichment cultures with nitrate as terminal electron acceptor and PAHs as the only carbon source and followed the changes in the bacterial communities throughout the process. Results evidenced changes attributable to the imposed nitrate respiration regime, which in several samples were exacerbated in the presence of the PAHs. The presence of naphthalene or 2MN enriched the community in groups of uncultured and poorly characterized organisms, and notably in the Acidobacteria uncultured group iii1-8, which in some cases was only a minor component of the initial samples. Other phylotypes selected by PAHs in these conditions included Bacilli, which were enriched in naphthalene enrichments. Several nitrate reducing strains showing the capacity to grow on PAHs could be isolated on solid media, although the phenotype could not be reproduced in liquid cultures. Analysis of known PAH anaerobic degradation genes in the original samples and enrichment cultures did not reveal the presence of PAH-related nmsA-like sequences but confirmed the presence of bssA-like genes related to anaerobic toluene degradation. Altogether, our results suggest that PAH degradation by nitrate reducing bacteria may require the contribution of different strains, under culture conditions that still need to be defined.
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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Meckenstock RU, Boll M, Mouttaki H, Koelschbach JS, Cunha Tarouco P, Weyrauch P, Dong X, Himmelberg AM. Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 26:92-118. [DOI: 10.1159/000441358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are very slowly degraded without molecular oxygen. Here, we review the recent advances in the elucidation of the first known degradation pathways of these environmental hazards. Anaerobic degradation of benzene and PAHs has been successfully documented in the environment by metabolite analysis, compound-specific isotope analysis and microcosm studies. Subsequently, also enrichments and pure cultures were obtained that anaerobically degrade benzene, naphthalene or methylnaphthalene, and even phenanthrene, the largest PAH currently known to be degradable under anoxic conditions. Although such cultures grow very slowly, with doubling times of around 2 weeks, and produce only very little biomass in batch cultures, successful proteogenomic, transcriptomic and biochemical studies revealed novel degradation pathways with exciting biochemical reactions such as for example the carboxylation of naphthalene or the ATP-independent reduction of naphthoyl-coenzyme A. The elucidation of the first anaerobic degradation pathways of naphthalene and methylnaphthalene at the genetic and biochemical level now opens the door to studying the anaerobic metabolism and ecology of anaerobic PAH degraders. This will contribute to assessing the fate of one of the most important contaminant classes in anoxic sediments and aquifers.
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von Netzer F, Kuntze K, Vogt C, Richnow HH, Boll M, Lueders T. Functional Gene Markers for Fumarate-Adding and Dearomatizing Key Enzymes in Anaerobic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation in Terrestrial Environments. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 26:180-94. [PMID: 26959523 DOI: 10.1159/000441946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Anaerobic degradation is a key process in many environments either naturally or anthropogenically exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons. Considerable advances into the biochemistry and physiology of selected anaerobic degraders have been achieved over the last decades, especially for the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. However, researchers have only recently begun to explore the ecology of complex anaerobic hydrocarbon degrader communities directly in their natural habitats, as well as in complex laboratory systems using tools of molecular biology. These approaches have mainly been facilitated by the establishment of a suite of targeted marker gene assays, allowing for rapid and directed insights into the diversity as well as the identity of intrinsic degrader populations and degradation potentials established at hydrocarbon-impacted sites. These are based on genes encoding either peripheral or central key enzymes in aromatic compound breakdown, such as fumarate-adding benzylsuccinate synthases or dearomatizing aryl-coenzyme A reductases, or on aromatic ring-cleaving hydrolases. Here, we review recent advances in this field, explain the different detection methodologies applied, and discuss how the detection of site-specific catabolic gene markers has improved the understanding of processes at contaminated sites. Functional marker gene-based strategies may be vital for the development of a more elaborate population-based assessment and prediction of aromatic degradation potentials in hydrocarbon-impacted environments.
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- Frederick von Netzer
- Helmholtz Zentrum Mx00FC;nchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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Boll M, Einsle O, Ermler U, Kroneck PMH, Ullmann GM. Structure and Function of the Unusual Tungsten Enzymes Acetylene Hydratase and Class II Benzoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 26:119-37. [PMID: 26959374 DOI: 10.1159/000440805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In biology, tungsten (W) is exclusively found in microbial enzymes bound to a bis-pyranopterin cofactor (bis-WPT). Previously known W enzymes catalyze redox oxo/hydroxyl transfer reactions by directly coordinating their substrates or products to the metal. They comprise the W-containing formate/formylmethanofuran dehydrogenases belonging to the dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DMSOR) family and the aldehyde:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (AOR) families, which form a separate enzyme family within the Mo/W enzymes. In the last decade, initial insights into the structure and function of two unprecedented W enzymes were obtained: the acetaldehyde forming acetylene hydratase (ACH) belongs to the DMSOR and the class II benzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) reductase (BCR) to the AOR family. The latter catalyzes the reductive dearomatization of benzoyl-CoA to a cyclic diene. Both are key enzymes in the degradation of acetylene (ACH) or aromatic compounds (BCR) in strictly anaerobic bacteria. They are unusual in either catalyzing a nonredox reaction (ACH) or a redox reaction without coordinating the substrate or product to the metal (BCR). In organic chemical synthesis, analogous reactions require totally nonphysiological conditions depending on Hg2+ (acetylene hydration) or alkali metals (benzene ring reduction). The structural insights obtained pave the way for biological or biomimetic approaches to basic reactions in organic chemistry.
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- Matthias Boll
- Fakultx00E4;t fx00FC;r Biologie/Mikrobiologie, Institut fx00FC;r Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitx00E4;t Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent and toxic environmental pollutants that accumulate in anoxic habitats. With the exception of naphthalene, nothing is known about the microbial degradation of PAH in these environments. The challenge that must be met in anaerobic PAH degradation is the destabilization of the resonance energy of the aromatic ring system, which requires electrons with very negative redox potentials. Estelmann et al. (2014) identify two enzymes from sulphate-reducing bacteria that perform successive 2-electron reductions of a coenzyme A thioester derivative of naphthalene. The first reduces 2-naphthoyl-CoA to 5,6-dihydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA and the second generates 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA. Surprisingly, both enzymes are members of the 'old yellow enzyme' (OYE) family of flavoproteins. Neither uses adenosine triphosphate to achieve reduction of the aromatic ring. Typically, OYEs have flavin mononucleotide as cofactor and use nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) as reductant. Both ring reductases have flavin adenine dinucleotide and an iron-sulphur cluster as additional cofactors. Evidence also suggests that in the sulphate-reducing bacteria, these enzymes form a complex, allowing substrate channeling. The findings of this superb study represent unprecedented biochemistry. This work sheds light on how microbes meet the thermodynamic challenges of life at the redox limit.
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- R Gary Sawers
- Institute of Biology/Microbiology, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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