title: Enzymes involved in a novel anaerobic cyclohexane carboxylic acid degradation pathway.
abstract: The anaerobic degradation of cyclohexane carboxylic acid (CHC) has so far been studied only in Rhodopseudomonas palustris, in which CHC is activated to cyclohexanoyl coenzyme A (cyclohexanoyl-CoA [CHCoA]) and then dehydrogenated to cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA (CHeneCoA). This intermediate is further degraded by reactions of the R. palustris-specific benzoyl-CoA degradation pathway of aromatic compounds. However, CHeneCoA is not an intermediate in the degradation of aromatic compounds in all other known anaerobic bacteria; consequently, degradation of CHC was mostly unknown in anaerobic bacteria. We identified a previously unknown CHC degradation pathway in the Fe(III)-reducing Geobacter metallireducens by determining the following CHC-induced in vitro activities: (i) the activation of CHC to CHCoA by a succinyl-CoA:CHC CoA transferase, (ii) the 1,2-dehydrogenation of CHCoA to CHeneCoA by CHCoA dehydrogenase, and (iii) the unusual 1,4-dehydrogenation of CHeneCoA to cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA. This last represents a previously unknown joint intermediate of the CHC and aromatic compound degradation pathway in bacteria other than R. palustris. The enzymes catalyzing the three reactions were purified and characterized as specific enzymes after heterologous expression of the encoding genes. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR revealed that expression of these genes was highly induced during growth with CHC but not with benzoate. The newly identified CHC degradation pathway is suggested to be present in nearly all CHC-degrading anaerobic bacteria, including denitrifying, Fe(III)-reducing, sulfate-reducing, and fermenting bacteria. Remarkably, all three CHC degradation pathways always link CHC catabolism to the catabolic pathways of aromatic compounds. We propose that the capacity to use CHC as a carbon source evolved from already-existing aromatic compound degradation pathways.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne-Katrin
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mergelsberg
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany matthias.boll@biologie.uni-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boll
mesh_terms: D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D015256:Coenzyme A-Transferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology; D045302:Geobacter / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D015256:Coenzyme A-Transferases
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