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Thermophiles 2003 Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas and Entner–Doudoroff pathways in Thermoproteus tenax: metabolic parallelism or specific adaptation? H. Ahmed, B. Tjaden, R. Hensel and B. Siebers1 Department of Microbiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr.5, 45117 Essen, Germany Abstract Genome data as well as biochemical studies have indicated that – as a peculiarity within hyperthermophilic Archaea – Thermoproteus tenax uses three different pathways for glucose metabolism, a variant of the reversible EMP (Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas) pathway and two different modifications of the ED (Entner– Doudoroff) pathway, a non-phosphorylative and a semi-phosphorylative version. An overview of the three different pathways is presented and the physiological function of the variants is discussed. Introduction The hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeote Thermoproteus tenax is able to grow chemolithoautotrophically on CO2 , H2 and sulphur, as well as chemo-organoheterotrophically in the presence of sulphur and organic compounds such as glucose and starch [1,2]. Early studies indicated that – as a peculiarity within hyperthermophilic Archaea – T. tenax uses at least two different pathways for glucose catabolism, a variant of the EMP (Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas) pathway and the nonphosphorylative ED (Entner–Doudoroff) pathway [3–6]. In the course of the T. tenax genome-sequencing project additional, unexpected gene homologues were identified giving new insights into various facets of archaeal carbohydrate metabolism [7]. Variant of the EMP pathway in T. tenax The variant of the EMP pathway is characterized by (i) a hexokinase with reduced allosteric potential [8], (ii) a non-allosteric, reversible PPi -dependent phosphofructokinase [9], (iii) three different GAP (glyceraldehyde 3phosphate)-converting enzymes, a classical, phosphorylating GAPDH (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) [10,11], GAPN (a non-phosphorylating, highly allosteric GAPDH) [12,13] and GAPOR (a ferredoxin-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate oxidoreductase) [14], and (iv) three enzymes for phosphoenolpyruvate and pyruvate interconversion, a catabolic pyruvate kinase with low allosteric potential [15], an anabolic PEPS (phosphoenolpyruvate synthetase) and a reversible PPDK (pyruvate phosphate dikinase) [16,17]. Enzyme as well as transcript studies indicate that regulation of the EMP pathway takes place on Key words: Archaea, central carbohydrate metabolism, hyperthermophile. Abbreviations used: EMP, Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas; ED, Entner–Doudoroff; GAP, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; GAPN, non-phosphorylating, highly allosteric GAPDH; GAPOR, ferredoxin-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate oxidoreductase; KDG, 2-keto-3-deoxy gluconate; KDPG, 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate. 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail [email protected]). the protein and gene level [8,11,15,18] and suggest that – in contrast to the classical pathway – the main control point is shifted to the level of GAP. GAPN, like GAPOR, catalyses the irreversible, non-phosphorylating oxidation of GAP to 3-phosphoglycerate and thus both represent true catabolic enzymes, which differ in cosubstrate specificity and substitute for GAPDH and phosphoglycerate kinase. The highly allosteric GAPN is activated in the presence of effectors such as glucose 1-phosphate, AMP or ADP, thus forcing the catabolic flux under conditions which are characterized by the phosphorolytic degradation of storage compounds (glycogen) and low energy charge of the cell. The classical, phosphorylating GAPDH catalyses the conversion of GAP to 1, 3-diphosphoglycerate, and transcript as well as enzyme studies indicate that GAPDH and phosphoglycerate kinase are of predominant importance for carbohydrate anabolism. Modifications of the ED pathway in T. tenax 13 C-labelling studies with growing cells [4] and cell suspensions [6] demonstrated that in T. tenax an ED pathway in addition to the variant of the EMP pathway is in operation. Enzymic studies with cell-free extracts [3,5] and the determination of characteristic intermediates identified the non-phosphorylative version of the ED pathway, which was described originally for Sulfolobus solfataricus [19] and Thermoplasma acidophilum [20]. In this version of the ED pathway, phosphorylation takes place only at the level of glycerate and thus KDG (2-keto-3-deoxy gluconate) and glyceraldehyde, generated by KDG aldolase, are the characteristic intermediates of the pathway [3]. Surprisingly, an unusual ED cluster was identified in the T. tenax genome which comprises genes coding for gluconate dehydratase, KD(P)G [2-keto-3-deoxy-(6-phospho-)gluconate] aldolase, KDG kinase and glucan-1,4-α-glucosidase. The identity of the ED genes could be confirmed by biochemical characterization of their encoded products after expression in C 2004 Biochemical Society 303 304 Biochemical Society Transactions (2004) Volume 32, part 2 Escherichia coli [7]. However, contrary to the S. solfataricus KDG aldolase [21], the T. tenax enzyme is not only specific for KDG or glyceraldehyde and pyruvate but also uses KDPG or GAP and pyruvate as substrates and thus represents a KD(P)G aldolase. This finding and the presence of the KDG kinase indicates that also the semi-phosphorylative version of the ED pathway, which has been assumed to be characteristic for Haloarchaea, is active in hyperthermophiles. Thus, T. tenax obviously uses a variant of the reversible EMP pathway and two different modifications of the ED pathway (a non-phosphorylative and a semiphosphorylative version) for carbohydrate catabolism [7]. Metabolic parallelism or specific adaptation At the moment, we can only speculate about the physiological meaning of the different pathways, since nothing is known about the regulation of the ED pathways at the protein and gene levels. However, the organization of the ED genes coding for KDG kinase and KDG aldolase together with a gene homologue for glucan-1,4-α-glucosidase in one operon indicates a central role of the ED modifications in the hydrolytic degradation of polysaccharides (e.g. glycogen [22]). In contrast, the EMP pathway seems to be involved in the phosphorolytic glycogen degradation by glycogen phosphorylase in T. tenax, which has been characterized recently [7]. Further, the energy demand seems to have a strong influence on the selection of the different pathways. Whereas the net ATP gain of the EMP variant is 1 (taking into account that PPi – the phosphoryl donor of the phosphofructokinase – is a waste product of the cell), no ATP is generated by the two modifications of the ED pathway. From these first hints we conclude that the different pathways do not represent a metabolic parallelism, but allow the organism to respond to changing physiological needs of the cell. Additionally, the presence of different pathways may play an important role for thermoadaptation. The half-lives of intermediates (GAP, 14.5 min; dihydroxyacetone phosphate, 79.4 min; 1,3-diphosphoglycerate, 1.6 min; all at 60◦ C) suggest that the stability of intermediates represents the bottleneck for thermoadaptation [8]. Whereas the EMP and the semi-phosphorylative ED pathways avoid the formation of the extremely heat-labile 1,3-diphosphoglycerate by the C 2004 Biochemical Society one-step conversion of GAP to 3-phosphoglycerate via GAPN or GAPOR, the non-phosphorylative ED variant would additionally circumvent the formation of the two other heat-labile intermediates GAP and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. Therefore, the non-phosphorylative ED pathway might be appropriate for growth at the upper temperature range. 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