L-phenylalanine catabolism in Herbaspirillum aquaticum IEH 4430

Best path

livF, livG, livH, livM, livJ, ARO8, iorAB, paaA, paaB, paaC, paaE, paaG, paaZ1, paaZ2, paaJ1, paaF, paaH, paaJ2

Rules

Overview: Phenylalanine utilization in GapMind is based on MetaCyc pathway L-phenylalanine degradation I (aerobic, via tyrosine, link), pathway II (anaerobic, via phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase, link), degradation via phenylpyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PMC3346364), or degradation via phenylacetaldehyde:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PMID:24214948). (MetaCyc describes additional pathways, but they do not result in carbon incorporation or are not reported in prokaryotes, so they are not included in GapMind.)

• all:
  • phenylalanine-transport, ARO8, phenylpyruvate-fd-oxidoreductase and phenylacetyl-CoA-degradation
  • or phenylalanine-transport, ARO8, phenylpyruvate-decarboxylase, pad-dh and phenylacetate-degradation
  • or phenylalanine-transport, ARO8, phenylpyruvate-decarboxylase, pfor and phenylacetate-degradation
  • or phenylalanine-transport, PAH, PCBD, QDPR and tyrosine-degradation
  • Comment: Phenylalanine can be catabolized via transaminase ARO8, which forms phenylpyruvate (also known as 3-phenyl-2-oxo-propanoate), and phenylpyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, which forms phenylacetyl-CoA. In the anaerobic pathway, the transaminase ARO8 forms phenylpyruvate, a carboxy-lyase forms phenylacetaldehyde, and a dehydrogenase (pad-dh) forms phenylacetate Or, in a variation on the anaerobic pathway, the phenylacetaldehyde is oxidized to phenylacetate by phenylacetaldehyde:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (pfor). In the aerobic pathway, PAH forms tyrosine and hydroxylates its tetrahydropterin co-substrate; the tetrahydropterin is regenerated by dehydratase PCBD and reductase QDPR.
• phenylpyruvate-fd-oxidoreductase:
  • iorA and iorB
  • or iorAB
  • Comment: This enzyme is usually known as indolepyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, but it acts on phenylpyruvate as well, forming phenylacetyl-CoA (PMID:8206994). Phenylpyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase has both heterodimeric (iorA/iorB) and fused (iorAB) forms.
• phenylpyruvate-decarboxylase:
  • ARO10
  • or PPDCalpha and PPDCbeta
  • Comment: Phenylpyruvate can be decarboxylated to phenylacetaldehyde by the typical homomeric enzyme, or by a heterodimer reported in Streptomyces virginiae (see PMID:28719183)
• phenylacetyl-CoA-degradation:
  • paaA, paaB, paaC, paaE, paaG, paaZ1, paaZ2, paaJ1, paaF, paaH and paaJ2
  • or phenylacetyl-CoA-dehydrogenase, phenylglyoxylate-dehydrogenase and benzoyl-CoA-degradation
  • Comment: In the aerobic pathway, oxygen-dependent 1,2-epoxidase (PaaABCE) converts phenylacetyl-CoA to 1,2-epoxyphenylacetyl-CoA, which spontaenously rearranges to 2-(oxepinyl)acetyl-CoA; isomerase PaaG forms 2-oxepin-2(3H)-ylideneacetyl-CoA ("oxepin-CoA"); a ring-opening hydrolase forms 3-oxo-5,6-didehydrosuberyl-CoA semialdehyde; a dehydrogenase forms 3-oxo-5,6-didehydrosuberyl-CoA; thiolase PaaJ forms cis-3,4-didehydroadipyl-CoA (and acetyl-CoA); isomerase PaaG forms trans-2,3-didehydroadipyl-CoA; hydratase PaaF forms (3S)-hydroxyadipyl-CoA; dehydrogenase PaaH forms 3-oxoadipyl-CoA, and thiolase PaaJ forms succinyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. (The role of PaaG is described in PMID:31689071 and differs slightly from MetaCyc.) In the anaerobic pathway, a dehydrogenase forms phenylglyoxyl-CoA, a hydrolase forms phenylglyoxylate (this step is not linked to sequence but is likely provided by the phenylglyoxylyl-CoA dehydrogenase, see PMID:10336636), and another dehydrogenase forms benzoyl-CoA and CO2. In principle, this pathway could occur aerobically, so GapMind includes aerobic pathways for degrading the benzoyl-CoA.
• phenylacetate-degradation: paaK and phenylacetyl-CoA-degradation
  • Comment: Phenylacetate is activated to phenylacetyl-CoA by paaK
• benzoyl-CoA-degradation:
  • benzoyl-CoA-reductase, dch, had, oah, pimB and glutaryl-CoA-degradation
  • or benzoyl-CoA-reductase, Ch1CoA, badK, badH, badI, pimD, pimC, pimF and glutaryl-CoA-degradation
  • or boxA, boxB, boxC, boxD, paaF, paaH and paaJ2
  • Comment: Benzoyl-CoA can be degraded anaerobically (link) by reduction to cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carbonyl-CoA, followed by hydratase (dch) to 6-hydroxycyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-CoA, a dehydrogenase to 6-oxocyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-CoA, a hydrolase to 2-hydroxy-6-oxocycloheane-1-carbonyl-CoA, a ring-opening hydrolase to 3-hydroxypimeloyl-CoA [the last two steps are both catalyzed by oah], a dehydrogenase to 3-oxopimeloyl-CoA [not linked to sequence and omitted], and an acetyltransferase to glutaryl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. Alternatively, after reduction to cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carbonyl-CoA, Ch1CoA can further reduce it to cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA (link), followed by hydration to 2-hydroxy-cyclohexane-1-carbonyl-CoA, oxidation to 2-ketocyclohexane-1-carbonyl-CoA, cleavage by a ring-opening hydrolase to pimeloyl-CoA, oxidation to 2,3-didehydropimeloyl-CoA, hydration to 3-hydroxypimeloyl-C, oxidation to 3-oxopimeloyl-CoA and cleavage by a thiolase to glutaryl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. Benzoyl-CoA degradation can be degraded aerobically (link) by an epoxidase (boxAB) that forms 2,3-epoxy-2-3-dihydrobenzoyl-CoA; a dihydrolase forms cis-3,4-dihydroadipyl-CoA semialdehyde and formate; a dehydrogenase forms cis-3,4-dehydroadipyl-CoA; and an unknown isomerase forms trans-2,3-dehydroadipyl-CoA. This is converted to succinyl-CoA as in the anaerobic pathway (paaF, paaH, and paaJ2).
• phenylglyoxylate-dehydrogenase: padG, padI, padE, padF and padH
• phenylacetyl-CoA-dehydrogenase: padB, padC and padD
• glutaryl-CoA-degradation: gcdH, ech, fadB and atoB
  • Comment: In MetaCyc pathway glutaryl-CoA degradation (link), glutaryl-CoA is oxidized to (E)-glutaconyl-CoA and oxidatively decarboxylated to crotonyl-CoA (both by the same enzyme), hydrated to 3-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA, oxidized to acetoacetyl-CoA, and cleaved to two acetyl-CoA.
• benzoyl-CoA-reductase:
  • bcrA, bcrB, bcrC and bcrD
  • or bamB, bamC, bamD, bamE, bamF, bamG, bamH and bamI
  • Comment: Benzoyl-CoA reduction is energetically unfavorable. There are two classes of reductases: class I enzymes (bcrABCD) use ATP to drive the reaction, while class II enzymes (bamBCDEFGHI) are thought to us an electron bifurcation. SYN_02587 (Q2LQN9) from Syntrophus aciditrophicus, which can oxidize cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carbonyl-CoA to benzoyl-CoA, is not included because it seems to lack a mechanism to drive benzoyl-CoA reduction.
• tyrosine-degradation: HPD, hmgA, maiA, fahA and acetoacetate-degradation
  • Comment: In pathway I, an aminotransferase (not represented) forms 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)pyruvate, dioxygenase HPD forms homogentisate, another oxygenase forms 4-maleyl-acetoacetate, an isomerase forms 4-fumaryl-acetoacetate, and a hydrolase yields acetoacetate and fumarate. (Fumarate is part of the TCA cycle so its catabolism is not described.)
• acetoacetate-degradation: acetoacetate-activation and atoB
  • Comment: The acetoacetate is activated to acetoacetyl-CoA, and cleaved by acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, giving two acetyl-CoA.
• acetoacetate-activation:
  • atoA and atoD
  • or aacS
  • Comment: acetyl-CoA:acetoacetyl-CoA transferase (sometimes given EC 2.8.3.9 or EC 2.8.3.8) or succinyl-CoA:acetoacetyl-CoA transferase (EC 2.8.3.5, also known as 3-oxoacid CoA-transferase) can activate acetoacetate. These have an A and B subunit. Alternatively, an ATP-dependent ligase (aacS) can activate acetoacetate (EC 6.2.1.16).
• phenylalanine-transport:
  • livF, livG, livH, livM and livJ
  • or aroP
  • Comment: Transporters were identified using query: transporter:phenylalanine:L-phenylalanine:phe

76 steps (47 with candidates)

Or see definitions of steps

Step	Description	Best candidate	2nd candidate
livF	L-phenylalanine ABC transporter, ATPase component 1 (LivF)	CEJ45_RS22555	CEJ45_RS04965
livG	L-phenylalanine ABC transporter, ATPase component 2 (LivG)	CEJ45_RS22550	CEJ45_RS04960
livH	L-phenylalanine ABC transporter, permease component 1 (LivH)	CEJ45_RS11220	CEJ45_RS04950
livM	L-phenylalanine ABC transporter, permease component 2 (LivM)	CEJ45_RS04955	CEJ45_RS05575
livJ	L-phenylalanine ABC transporter, substrate-binding component LivJ/LivK	CEJ45_RS04945	CEJ45_RS12295
ARO8	L-phenylalanine transaminase	CEJ45_RS11070	CEJ45_RS21015
iorAB	phenylpyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, fused IorA/IorB	CEJ45_RS10405	CEJ45_RS06400
paaA	phenylacetyl-CoA 1,2-epoxidase, subunit A	CEJ45_RS20075
paaB	phenylacetyl-CoA 1,2-epoxidase, subunit B	CEJ45_RS20070
paaC	phenylacetyl-CoA 1,2-epoxidase, subunit C	CEJ45_RS20065
paaE	phenylacetyl-CoA 1,2-epoxidase, subunit E	CEJ45_RS20055
paaG	1,2-epoxyphenylacetyl-CoA isomerase / 2-(oxepinyl)acetyl-CoA isomerase / didehydroadipyl-CoA isomerase	CEJ45_RS20050	CEJ45_RS14465
paaZ1	oxepin-CoA hydrolase	CEJ45_RS20095	CEJ45_RS11490
paaZ2	3-oxo-5,6-didehydrosuberyl-CoA semialdehyde dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS20095
paaJ1	3-oxo-5,6-dehydrosuberyl-CoA thiolase	CEJ45_RS20030	CEJ45_RS16030
paaF	2,3-dehydroadipyl-CoA hydratase	CEJ45_RS16530	CEJ45_RS06410
paaH	3-hydroxyadipyl-CoA dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS14455	CEJ45_RS11470
paaJ2	3-oxoadipyl-CoA thiolase	CEJ45_RS20030	CEJ45_RS16030
Alternative steps:
aacS	acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase	CEJ45_RS14175
ARO10	phenylpyruvate decarboxylase
aroP	L-phenylalanine:H+ symporter AroP
atoA	acetoacetyl-CoA transferase, A subunit	CEJ45_RS12845	CEJ45_RS16020
atoB	acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase	CEJ45_RS14415	CEJ45_RS09425
atoD	acetoacetyl-CoA transferase, B subunit	CEJ45_RS12850	CEJ45_RS16025
badH	2-hydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxyl-CoA dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS11695	CEJ45_RS09675
badI	2-ketocyclohexanecarboxyl-CoA hydrolase	CEJ45_RS16530	CEJ45_RS00250
badK	cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase	CEJ45_RS16530	CEJ45_RS20050
bamB	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamB subunit
bamC	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamC subunit
bamD	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamD subunit
bamE	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamE subunit
bamF	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamF subunit
bamG	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamG subunit	CEJ45_RS23980
bamH	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamH subunit	CEJ45_RS23985	CEJ45_RS05500
bamI	class II benzoyl-CoA reductase, BamI subunit
bcrA	ATP-dependent benzoyl-CoA reductase, alpha subunit
bcrB	ATP-dependent benzoyl-CoA reductase, beta subunit
bcrC	ATP-dependent benzoyl-CoA reductase, gamma subunit
bcrD	ATP-dependent benzoyl-CoA reductase, delta subunit
boxA	benzoyl-CoA epoxidase, subunit A
boxB	benzoyl-CoA epoxidase, subunit B
boxC	2,3-epoxybenzoyl-CoA dihydrolase
boxD	3,4-dehydroadipyl-CoA semialdehyde dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS20095
Ch1CoA	cyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-CoA dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS06405	CEJ45_RS12595
dch	cyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA hydratase	CEJ45_RS06410	CEJ45_RS16530
ech	(S)-3-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA hydro-lyase	CEJ45_RS16530	CEJ45_RS06410
fadB	(S)-3-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS14455	CEJ45_RS11470
fahA	fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase	CEJ45_RS11650	CEJ45_RS12230
gcdH	glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS11500	CEJ45_RS12595
had	6-hydroxycyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-CoA dehydrogenase
hmgA	homogentisate dioxygenase	CEJ45_RS11655
HPD	4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase	CEJ45_RS05000	CEJ45_RS13640
iorA	phenylpyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, IorA subunit
iorB	phenylpyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, IorB subunit	CEJ45_RS06400
maiA	maleylacetoacetate isomerase	CEJ45_RS11645	CEJ45_RS20325
oah	6-oxocyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-CoA hydratase
paaK	phenylacetate-CoA ligase	CEJ45_RS20035	CEJ45_RS14175
pad-dh	phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase	CEJ45_RS01220	CEJ45_RS06185
padB	phenylacetyl-CoA dehydrogenase, PadB subunit
padC	phenylacetyl-CoA dehydrogenase, PadC subunit
padD	phenylacetyl-CoA dehydrogenase, PadD subunit
padE	phenylglyoxylate dehydrogenase, gamma subunit
padF	phenylglyoxylate dehydrogenase, delta subunit
padG	phenylglyoxylate dehydrogenase, alpha subunit
padH	phenylglyoxylate dehydrogenase, epsilon subunit
padI	phenylglyoxylate dehydrogenase, beta subunit
PAH	phenylalanine 4-monooxygenase	CEJ45_RS10410
PCBD	pterin-4-alpha-carbinoalamine dehydratase	CEJ45_RS15375
pfor	phenylacetaldeyde:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
pimB	3-oxopimeloyl-CoA:CoA acetyltransferase	CEJ45_RS11475	CEJ45_RS14460
pimC	pimeloyl-CoA dehydrogenase, small subunit	CEJ45_RS11485
pimD	pimeloyl-CoA dehydrogenase, large subunit	CEJ45_RS11480	CEJ45_RS01415
pimF	6-carboxyhex-2-enoyl-CoA hydratase	CEJ45_RS11470
PPDCalpha	phenylpyruvate decarboxylase, alpha subunit
PPDCbeta	phenylpyruvate decarboxylase, beta subunit
QDPR	6,7-dihydropteridine reductase	CEJ45_RS13655	CEJ45_RS06640

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transporter – transporters and PTS systems are shaded because predicting their specificity is particularly challenging.

This GapMind analysis is from Sep 24 2021. The underlying query database was built on Sep 17 2021.