@article{Becker2023,
Title = {The Catabolic Network of Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1T},
Author = {Becker, Patrick and Wünsch, Daniel and Wöhlbrand, Lars and Neumann-Schaal, Meina and Schomburg, Dietmar and Rabus, Ralf},
Editor = {},
Journal = {Microbial Physiology},
Year = {2023},
Doi = {10.1159/000534425},
Abstract = {The denitrifying betaproteobacterium Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1T is a facultative anaerobic degradation specialist and belongs to the environmental bacteria studied best on the proteogenomic level. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about the anaerobic and aerobic degradation (to CO2) of 47 organic growth substrates (23 aromatic, 21 aliphatic, and 3 amino acids) as well as the modes of respiratory energy conservation (denitrification vs. O2-respiration). The constructed catabolic network is comprised of 256 genes, which occupy ~7.5% of the coding regions of the genome. In total 219 encoded proteins have been identified by differential proteomics, yielding a proteome coverage of ~74% of the network. Its degradation section is composed of 31 peripheral and 4 central pathways, with several peripheral modules (e.g., for 4-ethylphenol, 2-phenylethylamine, indoleacetate, and phenylpropanoids) discovered only after the complete genome [Rabus et al., Arch Microbiol 2005 Jan;183(1):27‒36] and a first proteomic survey [Wöhlbrand et al., Proteomics 2007 Jun;7(13):2222‒39] of A. aromaticum EbN1T were reported. The activation of recalcitrant aromatic compounds involves a suite of biochemically intriguing reactions ranging from CH-bond activation (e.g., ethylbenzene dehydrogenase) via carboxylation (e.g., acetophenone carboxylase) to oxidative deamination (e.g., benzylamine), reductive dearomatization (benzoyl-CoA), and epoxide-forming oxygenases (e.g., phenylacetyl-CoA). The peripheral reaction sequences are substrate-specifically induced, mediated by specific transcriptional regulators with in vivo response thresholds in the nanomolar range. While lipophilic substrates (e.g., phenolics) enter the cells via passive diffusion, polar ones require active uptake that is driven by specific transporters. Next to the protein repertoire for canonical complexes I‒III, denitrification and O2-respiration (low and high affinity oxidases), the genome encodes an Ndh-II, a tetrathionate reductase, two ETF:quinone oxidoreductases, and two Rnf-type complexes, broadening the electron transfer flexibility of the strain. Taken together, the detailed catabolic network presented here forms a solid basis for future systems biology level studies with A. aromaticum EbN1T.},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Becker, Patrick
AU - Wünsch, Daniel
AU - Wöhlbrand, Lars
AU - Neumann-Schaal, Meina
AU - Schomburg, Dietmar
AU - Rabus, Ralf
TI - The Catabolic Network of Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1T
T2 - Microbial Physiology
PY - 2023
DO - 10.1159/000534425
AB - The denitrifying betaproteobacterium Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1T is a facultative anaerobic degradation specialist and belongs to the environmental bacteria studied best on the proteogenomic level. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about the anaerobic and aerobic degradation (to CO2) of 47 organic growth substrates (23 aromatic, 21 aliphatic, and 3 amino acids) as well as the modes of respiratory energy conservation (denitrification vs. O2-respiration). The constructed catabolic network is comprised of 256 genes, which occupy ~7.5% of the coding regions of the genome. In total 219 encoded proteins have been identified by differential proteomics, yielding a proteome coverage of ~74% of the network. Its degradation section is composed of 31 peripheral and 4 central pathways, with several peripheral modules (e.g., for 4-ethylphenol, 2-phenylethylamine, indoleacetate, and phenylpropanoids) discovered only after the complete genome [Rabus et al., Arch Microbiol 2005 Jan;183(1):27‒36] and a first proteomic survey [Wöhlbrand et al., Proteomics 2007 Jun;7(13):2222‒39] of A. aromaticum EbN1T were reported. The activation of recalcitrant aromatic compounds involves a suite of biochemically intriguing reactions ranging from CH-bond activation (e.g., ethylbenzene dehydrogenase) via carboxylation (e.g., acetophenone carboxylase) to oxidative deamination (e.g., benzylamine), reductive dearomatization (benzoyl-CoA), and epoxide-forming oxygenases (e.g., phenylacetyl-CoA). The peripheral reaction sequences are substrate-specifically induced, mediated by specific transcriptional regulators with in vivo response thresholds in the nanomolar range. While lipophilic substrates (e.g., phenolics) enter the cells via passive diffusion, polar ones require active uptake that is driven by specific transporters. Next to the protein repertoire for canonical complexes I‒III, denitrification and O2-respiration (low and high affinity oxidases), the genome encodes an Ndh-II, a tetrathionate reductase, two ETF:quinone oxidoreductases, and two Rnf-type complexes, broadening the electron transfer flexibility of the strain. Taken together, the detailed catabolic network presented here forms a solid basis for future systems biology level studies with A. aromaticum EbN1T.
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