Metabolic flux pattern of glucose utilization by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: prevalent role of the Entner–Doudoroff pathway and minor fluxes through the pentose phosphate pathway and glycolysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2663-2676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Schatschneider ◽  
Claudia Huber ◽  
Heiko Neuweger ◽  
Tony Francis Watt ◽  
Alfred Pühler ◽  
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Complex metabolic flux pattern ofX. campestris.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Cisternas ◽  
Paulina Salazar ◽  
Carmen Silva-Álvarez ◽  
L. Felipe Barros ◽  
Nibaldo C. Inestrosa

In the last few years, several reports have proposed that Wnt signaling is a general metabolic regulator, suggesting a role for this pathway in the control of metabolic flux. Wnt signaling is critical for several neuronal functions, but little is known about the correlation between this pathway and energy metabolism. The brain has a high demand for glucose, which is mainly used for energy production. Neurons use energy for highly specific processes that require a high energy level, such as maintaining the electrical potential and synthesizing neurotransmitters. Moreover, an important metabolic impairment has been described in all neurodegenerative disorders. Despite the key role of glucose metabolism in the brain, little is known about the cellular pathways involved in regulating this process. We report here that Wnt5a induces an increase in glucose uptake and glycolytic rate and an increase in the activity of the pentose phosphate pathway; the effects of Wnt5a require the intracellular generation of nitric oxide. Our data suggest that Wnt signaling stimulates neuronal glucose metabolism, an effect that could be important for the reported neuroprotective role of Wnt signaling in neurodegenerative disorders.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
He Xian ◽  
Ya Xu ◽  
Yuan Zhu ◽  
Zhijie Sun ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Natural glycolysis encounters the decarboxylation of glucose partial oxidation product pyruvate into acetyl-CoA, where one-third of the carbon is lost at CO2. We previously constructed a carbon saving pathway, EP-bifido pathway by combining Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas Pathway, Pentose Phosphate Pathway and “bifid shunt”, to generate high yield acetyl-CoA from glucose. However, the carbon conversion rate and reducing power of this pathway was not optimal, the flux ratio of EMP pathway and pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) needs to be precisely and dynamically adjusted to improve the production of mevalonate (MVA). Result Here, we finely tuned the glycolytic flux ratio in two ways. First, we enhanced PPP flux for NADPH supply by replacing the promoter of zwf on the genome with a set of different strength promoters. Compared with the previous EP-bifido strains, the zwf-modified strains showed obvious differences in NADPH, NADH, and ATP synthesis levels. Among them, strain BP10BF accumulated 11.2 g/L of MVA after 72 h of fermentation and the molar conversion rate from glucose reached 62.2%. Second, pfkA was finely down-regulated by the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats interference (CRISPRi) system. The MVA yield of the regulated strain BiB1F was 8.53 g/L, and the conversion rate from glucose reached 68.7%. Conclusion This is the highest MVA conversion rate reported in shaken flask fermentation. The CRISPRi and promoter fine-tuning provided an effective strategy for metabolic flux redistribution in many metabolic pathways and promotes the chemicals production.


2001 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 941-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuoxing Zheng ◽  
Urja Sheth ◽  
Mohan Nadiga ◽  
Jennifer L. Pinkham ◽  
Kalidas Shetty

1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Peleato ◽  
Teresa Muiño-Blanco ◽  
José Alvaro Cebrian Pérez ◽  
Manuel José López-Pérez

Specific enzyme activities of the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in Aspergillus oryzae mycelia grown on different carbon sources were determined. Mycelia grown on glucose, mannitol and ribose show the highest specific activities, ribose 5-phosphate isomerase being specially very enhanced. Moreover, transketolase, transaldolase, ribose 5-phosphate isomerase and ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase were determined in different developmental stages of mycelia grown on glucose, mannitol and ribose. The non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway is more active during conidiogenesis, except for ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase, suggesting a fundamental role of this pathway during that stage to supply pentoses for nucleic acids biosynthesis. A general decrease of the enzyme activities was found in sporulated mycelia. Arabinose 5-phosphate was tested as metabolite of the pentose pathway. This pentose phosphate was not converted into hexose phosphates or triose phosphates and inhibits significantly the ribose 5-phosphate utilization, being therefore unappropriate to support the Aspergillus oryzae growth.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva E. Rufino-Palomares ◽  
Fernando J. Reyes-Zurita ◽  
Leticia García-Salguero ◽  
Juan Peragón ◽  
Manuel de la Higuera ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 2336-2348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Hanke ◽  
Katharina Nöh ◽  
Stephan Noack ◽  
Tino Polen ◽  
Stephanie Bringer ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIn this study, the distribution and regulation of periplasmic and cytoplasmic carbon fluxes inGluconobacter oxydans621H with glucose were studied by13C-based metabolic flux analysis (13C-MFA) in combination with transcriptomics and enzyme assays. For13C-MFA, cells were cultivated with specifically13C-labeled glucose, and intracellular metabolites were analyzed for their labeling pattern by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). In growth phase I, 90% of the glucose was oxidized periplasmically to gluconate and partially further oxidized to 2-ketogluconate. Of the glucose taken up by the cells, 9% was phosphorylated to glucose 6-phosphate, whereas 91% was oxidized by cytoplasmic glucose dehydrogenase to gluconate. Additional gluconate was taken up into the cells by transport. Of the cytoplasmic gluconate, 70% was oxidized to 5-ketogluconate and 30% was phosphorylated to 6-phosphogluconate. In growth phase II, 87% of gluconate was oxidized to 2-ketogluconate in the periplasm and 13% was taken up by the cells and almost completely converted to 6-phosphogluconate. SinceG. oxydanslacks phosphofructokinase, glucose 6-phosphate can be metabolized only via the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) or the Entner-Doudoroff pathway (EDP).13C-MFA showed that 6-phosphogluconate is catabolized primarily via the oxidative PPP in both phases I and II (62% and 93%) and demonstrated a cyclic carbon flux through the oxidative PPP. The transcriptome comparison revealed an increased expression of PPP genes in growth phase II, which was supported by enzyme activity measurements and correlated with the increased PPP flux in phase II. Moreover, genes possibly related to a general stress response displayed increased expression in growth phase II.


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