title: The Entner-Doudoroff pathway empowers Pseudomonas putida KT2440 with a high tolerance to oxidative stress.
abstract: Glucose catabolism of Pseudomonas putida is carried out exclusively through the Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway due to the absence of 6-phosphofructokinase. In order to activate the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) route we transferred the pfkA gene from Escherichia coli to a P. putida wild-type strain as well as to an eda mutant, i.e. lacking 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase. PfkA(E. coli) failed to redirect the carbon flow from the ED route towards the EMP pathway, suggesting that ED was essential for sugar catabolism. The presence of PfkA(E. coli) was detrimental for growth, which could be traced to the reduction of ATP and NAD(P)H pools along with alteration of the NAD(P)H/NADP(+) ratio. Pseudomonas putida cells carrying PfkA(E. coli) became highly sensitive to diamide and hydrogen peroxide, the response to which is very demanding of NADPH. The inhibitory effect of PfkA(E. coli) could in part be relieved by methionine, the synthesis of which relies much on NADPH. These results expose the role of the ED pathway for generating the redox currency (NADPH) that is required for counteracting oxidative stress. It is thus likely that environmental bacteria that favour the ED pathway over the EMP pathway do so in order to gear their aerobic metabolism to endure oxidative-related insults.
authors.affiliation: Systems and Synthetic Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chavarría
authors.forename: Pablo I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Nikel
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez-Pantoja
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Lorenzo
mesh_terms: D003958:Diamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000235:genetics; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D016877:Oxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016877:Oxidants; D003958:Diamide; D009249:NADP; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1