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- Title
The methylerythritol phosphate pathway as an oxidative stress sense and response system.
- Authors
Perez-Gil, Jordi; Behrendorff, James; Douw, Andrew; Vickers, Claudia E.
- Abstract
The methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway is responsible for biosynthesis of the precursors of isoprenoid compounds in eubacteria and plastids. It is a metabolic alternative to the well-known mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid production found in archaea and eukaryotes. Recently, a role for the MEP pathway in oxidative stress detection, signalling, and response has been identified. This role is executed in part through the unusual cyclic intermediate, methylerythritol cyclodiphosphate (MEcDP). We postulate that this response is triggered through the oxygen sensitivity of the MEP pathway's terminal iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster enzymes. MEcDP is the substrate of IspG, the first Fe-S cluster enzyme in the pathway; it accumulates under oxidative stress conditions and acts as a signalling molecule. It may also act as an antioxidant. Furthermore, evidence is emerging for a broader and highly nuanced role of the MEP pathway in oxidative stress responses, implemented through a complex system of differential regulation and sensitivity at numerous nodes in the pathway. Here, we explore the evidence for such a role (including the contribution of the Fe-S cluster enzymes and different pathway metabolites, especially MEcDP), the evolutionary implications, and the many questions remaining about the behaviour of the MEP pathway in the presence of oxidative stress. A new role for the MEP pathway has emerged in oxidative stress detection, signalling, and response. The authors compile all the evidence and postulate that this sensing ability and response occurs through the oxygen sensitivity of its iron-sulphur cluster enzymes.
- Subjects
ISOPENTENOIDS; PHOSPHATES; BIOCHEMICAL substrates; PLASTIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-024-49483-8