Definition of L-fucose catabolism

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Definition of L-fucose catabolism

# Fucose degradation in GapMind is based on
# the MetaCyc pathway via L-fuculose (metacyc:FUCCAT-PWY)
# or the oxidative pathway via 2,4-diketo-3-deoxy-L-fuconate (KDF) hydrolase (PMC6336799).

# BT1277 (G8JZT2) is distantly related and important for fucose utilization
fucP	L-fucose:H+ symporter FucP	curated:SwissProt::P11551	uniprot:G8JZT2

# Transporters were identified using
# query: transporter:L-fucose:L-fucopyranose:CPD-10329:CPD0-1107:CPD-15619
fucose-transport: fucP

# A 4-part ABC transporter was annotated in Sinorhizobium meliloti
# based on fitness data and also from expression data.
# Expression of the substrate-binding component (SM_b21103) 
# is induced by L-fucose or D-fucose (PMC1635973)

SM_b21103	ABC transporter for L-fucose, substrate-binding component	curated:reanno::Smeli:SM_b21103
SM_b21104	ABC transporter for L-fucose, permease component 1	curated:reanno::Smeli:SM_b21104
SM_b21105	ABC transporter for L-fucose, permease component 2	curated:reanno::Smeli:SM_b21105
SM_b21106	ABC transporter for L-fucose, ATPase component	curated:reanno::Smeli:SM_b21106
fucose-transport: SM_b21103 SM_b21104 SM_b21105 SM_b21106

# A 3-part ABC transporter was identified in Burkholderia phytofirmans
# based on fitness data
BPHYT_RS34250	ABC transporter for L-fucose, substrate-binding component	uniprot:B2T9W0
BPHYT_RS34245	ABC transporter for L-fucose, ATPase component	uniprot:B2T9V9
BPHYT_RS34240	ABC transporter for L-fucose, permease component	uniprot:B2T9V8
fucose-transport: BPHYT_RS34250 BPHYT_RS34245 BPHYT_RS34240

# A 3-part ABC transporter was identified in Herbaspirillum
# seropedicae based on fitness data
HSERO_RS05250	ABC transporter for L-fucose, ATPase component	uniprot:D8J111
HSERO_RS05255	ABC transporter for L-fucose, permease component	uniprot:D8J112
HSERO_RS05260	ABC transporter for L-fucose, substrate-binding component	uniprot:D8J113
fucose-transport: HSERO_RS05250 HSERO_RS05255 HSERO_RS05260

# BT1276 (Q8A896) is important for fucose utilization
fucU	L-fucose mutarotase FucU	EC:5.1.3.29	uniprot:Q8A896
fucI	L-fucose isomerase FucI	EC:5.3.1.25
# BT2175 (G8JZS7) is important for fucose utilization
fucK	L-fuculose kinase FucK	EC:2.7.1.51	uniprot:G8JZS7
# BT2174 (G8JZT1) is important for fucose utilization
fucA	L-fuculose-phosphate aldolase FucA	EC:4.1.2.17	uniprot:G8JZT1

import rhamnose.steps:aldA fucO
# Lactaldehyde can be oxidized to lactate (aldA) or reduced to propanediol (fucO).
# Either of these can be excreted.
lactaldehyde-conversion: aldA
lactaldehyde-conversion: fucO

import fructose.steps:tpi # triose-phsophate isomerase

# In the L-fucuolose pathway, mutarotase fucU converts the beta-pyranose to
# the alpha-pyranose form, isomerase fucI produces L-fuculose, kinase fucK forms L-fuculose
# 1-phosphate, and aldolase fucA produces glycerone phosphate and
# (S)-lactaldehyde. Lactaldehyde might be oxidized to lactate and
# secreted (or oxidized to pyruvate), or, it might be reduced to
# propane-1,2-diol and secreted; tpi converts glycerone-phosphate to
# glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.
all: fucose-transport fucU fucI fucK fucA tpi lactaldehyde-conversion

# C785_RS21215 (A0A2E7P8M8) was shown to be a L-fucose dehydrogenase (PMC6336799)
fdh	L-fucose 1-dehydrogenase	EC:1.1.1.122	uniprot:A0A2E7P8M8

# BmulJ_04915 (A0A0H3KNC4) is the biochemically characterized enzyme, see PMID:23214453.
# HSERO_RS05265 (D8J114) and BPHYT_RS34220 (B2T9V4) are important for fucose utilization
fuconolactonase	L-fucono-1,5-lactonase	uniprot:A0A0H3KNC4	curated:reanno::Smeli:SM_b21101	uniprot:A0A0H3KNC4	uniprot:D8J114	uniprot:B2T9V4

# HSERO_RS05235 (D8J108) is important for fucose utilization.
# Ignore the putative accessory protein BPHYT_RS34235.
fucD	L-fuconate dehydratase	EC:4.2.1.68	uniprot:D8J108	ignore:reanno::BFirm:BPHYT_RS34235

# No EC number, but XCC4067 (Q8P3K4) is annotated in SwissProt based on PMID:17144652.
# C785_RS13675 (A0A4P7ABK7) was also shown to have this acivity (PMC6336799)
# HSERO_RS19365	(D8IS13) and BPHYT_RS34215 (B2T9V3) are important for fucose utilization
# (The substrate for EC 1.1.1.401 (2-dehydro-3-deoxy-L-rhamnonate 4-dehydrogenase)
#  has the other stereochemistry at position 4.)
fucDH	2-keto-3-deoxy-L-fuconate 4-dehydrogenase	curated:SwissProt::Q8P3K4	uniprot:A0A4P7ABK7	uniprot:D8IS13	uniprot:B2T9V3

# C785_RS20550 (A0A2E7P912) was shown to be a L-2-keto-3-deoxyfuconate  (L-KDF) hydrolase by PMC6336799.
# HSERO_RS06355 (D8INW0) is important for fucose utilization.
# Q39BA7 is rather closely related but is reported to be a ureidoglycolate lyase.
# metacyc MONOMER-16233 is misannotated as a dehydrogenase in MetaCyc -- it is the hydrolase.
KDF-hydrolase	2,4-diketo-3-deoxy-L-fuconate hydrolase	uniprot:A0A2E7P912	curated:reanno::BFirm:BPHYT_RS34210	curated:reanno::Smeli:SM_b21112	uniprot:D8INW0	ignore:SwissProt::Q39BA7	curated:metacyc::MONOMER-16233

# In the oxidative pathway, mutarotase fucU forms the
# beta-pyranose form, fucose dehydrogenase (fdh) forms L-fucono-1,5-lactone,
# a lactonase forms L-fuconate, dehydratase fucD forms 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-fuconate,
# dehydrogenase fucDH forms 2,4-diketo-3-deoxy-L-fuconate (KDF, also known as
# 2,4-diketo-3-deoxy-L-rhamnonate), and a hydrolase forms lactate and
# pyruvate. The lactate could be secreted or oxidized to pyruvate.
all: fucose-transport fucU fdh fuconolactonase fucD fucDH KDF-hydrolase

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frame-shift errors in the genome sequence, or
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by Morgan Price, Arkin group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

GapMind for catabolism of small carbon sources