Biotransformations of carboxylated aromatic compounds by the acetogen Clostridium thermoaceticum: generation of growth-supportive CO2 equivalents under CO2-limited conditions.

AUTOR(ES)

Hsu, T

RESUMO

Clostridium thermoaceticum ATCC 39073 converted vanillate to catechol. Although carboxylated aromatic compounds which did not contain methoxyl groups were not by themselves growth supportive, protocatechuate and p-hydroxybenzoate (nonmethoxylated aromatic compounds) were converted to catechol and phenol, respectively, during carbon monoxide-dependent growth. Syringate is not subject to decarboxylation by C. thermoaceticum (Z. Wu, S. L. Daniel, and H. L. Drake, J. Bacteriol. 170:5705-5708, 1988), and sustained growth at the expense of syringate-derived methoxyl groups was dependent on supplemental CO2. In contrast, vanillate was growth supportive in the absence of supplemental CO2, and 14CO2 was the major 14C-labeled product during [carboxyl-14C]vanillate-dependent growth. Furthermore, the decarboxylation of protocatechuate and p-hydroxybenzoate supported methanol- and 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene-dependent growth (CO2 is required for growth at the expense of these substrates) when supplemental CO2 was depleted from the growth medium, and the decarboxylation of protocatechuate was concomitant with improved cell yields of methanol cultures. These findings demonstrate that (i) C. thermoaceticum is competent in the decarboxylation of certain aromatic compounds and (ii) under certain conditions, decarboxylation may be integrated to the flow of carbon and energy during acetogenesis.

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