title: Combined fluxomics and transcriptomics analysis of glucose catabolism via a partially cyclic pentose phosphate pathway in Gluconobacter oxydans 621H.
abstract: In this study, the distribution and regulation of periplasmic and cytoplasmic carbon fluxes in Gluconobacter oxydans 621H with glucose were studied by (13)C-based metabolic flux analysis ((13)C-MFA) in combination with transcriptomics and enzyme assays. For (13)C-MFA, cells were cultivated with specifically (13)C-labeled glucose, and intracellular metabolites were analyzed for their labeling pattern by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). In growth phase I, 90% of the glucose was oxidized periplasmically to gluconate and partially further oxidized to 2-ketogluconate. Of the glucose taken up by the cells, 9% was phosphorylated to glucose 6-phosphate, whereas 91% was oxidized by cytoplasmic glucose dehydrogenase to gluconate. Additional gluconate was taken up into the cells by transport. Of the cytoplasmic gluconate, 70% was oxidized to 5-ketogluconate and 30% was phosphorylated to 6-phosphogluconate. In growth phase II, 87% of gluconate was oxidized to 2-ketogluconate in the periplasm and 13% was taken up by the cells and almost completely converted to 6-phosphogluconate. Since G. oxydans lacks phosphofructokinase, glucose 6-phosphate can be metabolized only via the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) or the Entner-Doudoroff pathway (EDP). (13)C-MFA showed that 6-phosphogluconate is catabolized primarily via the oxidative PPP in both phases I and II (62% and 93%) and demonstrated a cyclic carbon flux through the oxidative PPP. The transcriptome comparison revealed an increased expression of PPP genes in growth phase II, which was supported by enzyme activity measurements and correlated with the increased PPP flux in phase II. Moreover, genes possibly related to a general stress response displayed increased expression in growth phase II.
authors: Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
authors: Tanja
authors: T
authors: Hanke
authors: Katharina
authors: K
authors: Nöh
authors: Stephan
authors: S
authors: Noack
authors: Tino
authors: T
authors: Polen
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Bringer
authors: Hermann
authors: H
authors: Sahm
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Wiechert
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Bott
mesh_terms: D002247:Carbon Isotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D020600:Gluconobacter oxydans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D055442:Metabolome; D010427:Pentose Phosphate Pathway / Q000235:genetics*; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D005947:Glucose
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