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Weyrauch, P. ; Heker, I.* ; Zaytsev, A.V.* ; von Hagen, C.A.* ; Arnold, M.E.* ; Golding, B.T.* ; Meckenstock, R.U.*

The 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA reductase reaction in the anaerobic degradation of naphthalene and identification of downstream metabolites.

Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 86:e00996-20 (2020)

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Anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons has been investigated mostly with naphthalene as a model compound. Naphthalene degradation by sulfate-reducing bacteria proceeds via carboxylation to 2-naphthoic acid, formation of a coenzyme A thioester, and subsequent reduction to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoylcoenzyme A (THNCoA), which is further reduced to hexahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA (HHNCoA) by tetrahydronaphthoyl-CoA reductase (THNCoA reductase), an enzyme similar to class I benzoyl-CoA reductases. When analyzing THNCoA reductase assays with crude cell extracts and NADH as electron donor via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), scanning for putative metabolites, we found that small amounts of the product of an HHNCoA hydratase were formed in the assays, but the downstream conversion by an NAD(+)-dependent beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase was prevented by the excess of NADH in those assays. Experiments with alternative electron donors indicated that 2-oxoglutarate can serve as an indirect electron donor for the THNCoA-reducing system via a 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase. With 2-oxoglutarate as electron donor, THNCoA was completely converted and further metabolites resulting from subsequent beta-oxidation-like reactions and hydrolytic ring cleavage were detected. These metabolites indicate a downstream pathway with water addition to HHNCoA and ring fission via a hydrolase acting on a beta'-hydroxy-beta-oxo-decahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA intermediate. Formation of the downstream intermediate cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA, which is the substrate for the previously described lower degradation pathway leading to the central metabolism, completes the anaerobic degradation pathway of naphthalene.IMPORTANCE Anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is poorly investigated despite its significance in anoxic sediments. Using alternative electron donors for the 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA reductase reaction, we observed intermediary metabolites of anaerobic naphthalene degradation via in vitro enzyme assays with cell extracts of anaerobic naphthalene degraders. The identified metabolites provide evidence that ring reduction terminates at the stage of hexahydro-2-naphthoyl-CoA and a sequence of beta-oxidation-like degradation reactions starts with a hydratase acting on this intermediate. The final product of this reaction sequence was identified as cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA, a compound for which a further downstream degradation pathway has recently been published (P. Weyrauch, A. V. Zaytsev, S. Stephan, L. Kocks, et al., Environ Microbiol 19:2819-2830, 2017, https://doi .org/10.1111/1462-2920.13806). Our study reveals the first ring-cleaving reaction in the anaerobic naphthalene degradation pathway. It closes the gap between the reduction of the first ring of 2-naphthoyl-CoA by 2-napthoyl-CoA reductase and the lower degradation pathway starting from cis-2-carboxycyclohexylacetyl-CoA, where the second ring cleavage takes place.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Thncoa Reductase ; Anaerobic Catabolic Pathways ; Naphthalene ; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Benzoyl-coa Reductase; Aromatic-compounds; Enzymatic Reduction; Thauera-aromatica; Key Reaction; Coenzyme; Genes; Products; Enzymes; Oxidoreductase

ISSN (print) / ISBN 0099-2240

e-ISSN 1098-5336

Journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Quellenangaben Volume: 86, Issue: 15, Article Number: e00996-20

Publisher American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Publishing Place 1752 N St Nw, Washington, Dc 20036-2904 Usa

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Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)