Chloroflexus aurantiacus is an anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium. Its unique CO2 fixation pathway and primitive light-harvesting antenna complexes have attracted extensive research attentions. In this work, we investigated the photoheterotrophic growth of C. aurantiacus J-10-fl using acetate [at 55°C and without H2(g)]. The results indicate that glycine can promote anaerobic biomass production in a minimal medium by threefold to fivefold. Via 13C-metabolite analysis, we observed that glycine was involved in serine synthesis. Instead of being used as a major carbon source, glycine was degraded to produce C1 units and NAD(P)H. Tracer experiments also suggest that photoheterotrophic cultures growing with a exogenous glycine source exhibited capabilities of assimilating CO2 via multiple routes (including the 3-hydroxypropionate pathway). Finally, glycylglycine, a commonly used culture buffer, also significantly enhanced photoheterotrophic growth of C. aurantiacus, probably due to its thermal or enzymatic breakdown to glycine.
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- Glycine Cleavage Powers Photoheterotrophic Growth of Chloroflexus Aurantiacus in the Absence of H2
- He, Lian (Author)
- Wang, Yaya (Author)
- You, Le (Author)
- Khin, Yadana (Author)
- Tang, Joseph (Author)
- Tang, Yinjie J. (Author)
- Biodesign Institute (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01467
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1664-1078
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He, L., Wang, Y., You, L., Khin, Y., Tang, J. K., & Tang, Y. J. (2015). Glycine Cleavage Powers Photoheterotrophic Growth of Chloroflexus aurantiacus in the Absence of H2. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01467