Formaldehyde metabolism by Escherichia coli. Carbon and solvent deuterium incorporation into glycerol, 1,2-propanediol, and 1,3-propanediol
Escherichia coli were grown on 14.3% uniformly TC-labeled glucose as the sole carbon source and challenged anaerobically with 90% TC-labeled formaldehyde. The major multiply labeled metabolites were identified by TC NMR spectroscopy to be glycerol and 1,2-propanediol, and a minor metabolite was shown to be 1,3-propanediol. In each case, formaldehyde is incorporated only into the C1 position. A novel form of TC NMR isotope dilution analysis of the major products reveals that all the 1,2-diol C1 is formaldehyde derived but that about 40% of the glycerol C1 is derived from bacterial sources. Glycerokinase converted the metabolite (1- TC)glycerol to equal amounts of (3- TC)glycerol 3-phosphate and (1- TC)glycerol 3-phosphate, demonstrating that the metabolite is racemic. When ( TC)formaldehyde incubation was carried out in H2O/D2O mixtures, deuterium incorporation was detected by beta- and gamma-isotope shifts. The 1,3-diol is deuterium labeled only at C2 and only once, while the 1,2-diol and glycerol are each labeled independently at both C2 and C3; C3 is multiply labeled. Deuterium incorporation levels are different for each metabolite, indicating that the biosynthetic pathways probably diverge early.
- Research Organization:
- Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario
- OSTI ID:
- 6234291
- Journal Information:
- Biochemistry; (United States), Vol. 15
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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