PMID- 30546350 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200929 IS - 1664-302X (Print) IS - 1664-302X (Electronic) IS - 1664-302X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2018 TI - Anaerobic Degradation of the Plant Sugar Sulfoquinovose Concomitant With H(2)S Production: Escherichia coli K-12 and Desulfovibrio sp. Strain DF1 as Co-culture Model. PG - 2792 LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02792 [doi] LID - 2792 AB - Sulfoquinovose (SQ, 6-deoxy-6-sulfoglucose) is produced by plants and other phototrophs and its biodegradation is a relevant component of the biogeochemical carbon and sulfur cycles. SQ is known to be degraded by aerobic bacterial consortia in two tiers via C(3)-organosulfonates as transient intermediates to CO(2), water and sulfate. In this study, we present a first laboratory model for anaerobic degradation of SQ by bacterial consortia in two tiers to acetate and hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S). For the first tier, SQ-degrading Escherichia coli K-12 was used. It catalyzes the fermentation of SQ to 2,3-dihydroxypropane-1-sulfonate (DHPS), succinate, acetate and formate, thus, a novel type of mixed-acid fermentation. It employs the characterized SQ Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway, as confirmed by mutational and proteomic analyses. For the second tier, a DHPS-degrading Desulfovibrio sp. isolate from anaerobic sewage sludge was used, strain DF1. It catalyzes another novel fermentation, of the DHPS to acetate and H(2)S. Its DHPS desulfonation pathway was identified by differential proteomics and demonstrated by heterologously produced enzymes: DHPS is oxidized via 3-sulfolactaldehyde to 3-sulfolactate (SL) by two NAD(+)-dependent dehydrogenases (DhpA, SlaB); the SL is cleaved by an SL sulfite-lyase known from aerobic bacteria (SuyAB) to pyruvate and sulfite. The pyruvate is oxidized to acetate, while the sulfite is used as electron acceptor in respiration and reduced to H(2)S. In conclusion, anaerobic sulfidogenic SQ degradation was demonstrated as a novel link in the biogeochemical sulfur cycle. SQ is also a constituent of the green-vegetable diet of herbivores and omnivores and H(2)S production in the intestinal microbiome has many recognized and potential contributions to human health and disease. Hence, it is important to examine bacterial SQ degradation also in the human intestinal microbiome, in relation to H(2)S production, dietary conditions and human health. FAU - Burrichter, Anna AU - Burrichter A AD - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. AD - The Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Denger, Karin AU - Denger K AD - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Franchini, Paolo AU - Franchini P AD - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Huhn, Thomas AU - Huhn T AD - The Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Muller, Nicolai AU - Muller N AD - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Spiteller, Dieter AU - Spiteller D AD - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. AD - The Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Schleheck, David AU - Schleheck D AD - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. AD - The Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181127 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Microbiol JT - Frontiers in microbiology JID - 101548977 PMC - PMC6278857 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anaerobic bacterial metabolism OT - biogeochemical carbon and sulfur cycle OT - gut microbiome OT - human health and disease OT - organosulfonate respiration OT - plant sulfolipid OT - sulfidogenesis OT - sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol EDAT- 2018/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/14 06:01 PMCR- 2018/11/27 CRDT- 2018/12/15 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/14 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02792 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Microbiol. 2018 Nov 27;9:2792. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02792. eCollection 2018.