title: Novel pathway for utilization of cyclopropanecarboxylate by Rhodococcus rhodochrous.
abstract: A new strain isolated from soil utilizes cyclopropanecarboxylate as the sole source of carbon and energy and was identified as Rhodococcus rhodochrous (H. Nishihara, Y. Ochi, H. Nakano, M. Ando, and T. Toraya, J. Ferment. Bioeng. 80:400-402, 1995). A novel pathway for the utilization of cyclopropanecarboxylate, a highly strained compound, by this bacterium was investigated. Cyclopropanecarboxylate-dependent reduction of NAD(+) in cell extracts of cyclopropanecarboxylate-grown cells was observed. When intermediates accumulated in vitro in the absence of NAD(+) were trapped as hydroxamic acids by reaction with hydroxylamine, cyclopropanecarboxohydroxamic acid and 3-hydroxybutyrohydroxamic acid were formed. Cyclopropanecarboxyl-coenzyme A (CoA), 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, and crotonyl-CoA were oxidized with NAD(+) in cell extracts, whereas methacrylyl-CoA and 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA were not. When both CoA and ATP were added, organic acids corresponding to the former three CoA thioesters were also oxidized in vitro by NAD(+), while methacrylate, 3-hydroxyisobutyrate, and 2-hydroxybutyrate were not. Therefore, it was concluded that cyclopropanecarboxylate undergoes oxidative degradation through cyclopropanecarboxyl-CoA and 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA. The enzymes catalyzing formation and ring opening of cyclopropanecarboxyl-CoA were shown to be inducible, while other enzymes involved in the degradation were constitutive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. toraya@biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toraya
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamanishi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishihara
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D003437:Crotonates / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D003437:Crotonates; D003470:Culture Media; D003521:Cyclopropanes; C015766:cyclopropanecarboxylic acid; D009243:NAD; C047215:S-cyclopropanecarboxyl-coenzyme A; C010701:crotonyl-coenzyme A