title: Identification and characterization of Escherichia coli thioesterase III that functions in fatty acid beta-oxidation.
abstract: When Escherichia coli is grown on oleic acid as the sole carbon source, most of this fatty acid is completely degraded by beta-oxidation. However, approximately 10% of the oleic acid is only partially degraded to 3,5- cis-tetradecadienoyl-CoA, which is hydrolyzed to 3,5- cis-tetradecadienoic acid and released into the growth medium. An investigation of thioesterases involved in this novel pathway of beta-oxidation led to the identification of a new thioesterase (thioesterase III) that is induced by growth of E. coli on oleic acid. This enzyme was partially purified and identified as the ybaW gene product by mass spectrometric analysis of tryptic peptides. The ybaW gene, which has a putative consensus sequence for binding the fatty acid degradation repressor, was cloned and expressed in E. coli. Thioesterase III was shown to be a long-chain acyl-CoA thioesterase that is most active with 3,5-tetradecadienoyl-CoA, a minor metabolite of oleate beta-oxidation. Its substrate specificity and induction by fatty acids agree with its proposed function in the thioesterase-dependent pathway of beta-oxidation. Thioesterase III is proposed to hydrolyze metabolites of beta-oxidation that are resistant to further degradation and that would inhibit the flux through the pathway if they were allowed to accumulate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, City College and Graduate School of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013869:Thiolester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D019301:Oleic Acid; D013869:Thiolester Hydrolases