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- Title
Sulfoacetate generated by Rhodopseudomonas palustris from taurine.
- Authors
Denger, Karin; Weinitschke, Sonja; Hollemeyer, Klaus; Cook, Alasdair M
- Abstract
Genes thought to encode (a) the regulator of taurine catabolism under carbon-limiting or nitrogen-limiting conditions and (b) taurine dehydrogenase were found in the genome of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. The organism utilized taurine quantitatively as a sole source of nitrogen (but not of carbon) for aerobic and photoheterotrophic growth. No sulfate was released, and the C-sulfonate bond was recovered stoichiometrically as sulfoacetate, which was identified by mass spectrometry. An inducible sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase was detected. R. palustris thus contains a pathway to generate a natural product that was previously believed to be formed solely from sulfoquinovose.
- Publication
Archives of microbiology, 2004, Vol 182, Issue 2-3, p254
- ISSN
0302-8933
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00203-004-0678-0