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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 270, Issue 4, Pages 736-744Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03434.x
Keywords
acetyl-CoA carboxylase; Archaea; autotrophic CO(2) fixation; 3-hydroxypropionate cycle; propionyl-CoA carboxylase
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Autotrophic Archaea of the family Sulfolobaceae (Crenarchaeota) use a modified 3-hydroxypropionate cycle for carbon dioxide assimilation. In this cycle the ATP-dependent carboxylations of acetyl-CoA and propionyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA and methylmalonyl-CoA, respectively, represent the key CO(2) fixation reactions. These reactions were studied in the thermophilic and acidophilic Metallosphaera sedula and are shown to be catalyzed by one single large enzyme, which acts equally well on acetyl-CoA and propionyl-CoA. The carboxylase was purified and characterized and the genes were cloned and sequenced. In contrast to the carboxylase of most other organisms, acetyl-CoA/propionyl-CoA carboxylase from M. sedula is active at 75 degreesC and is isolated as a stabile functional protein complex of 560 +/- 50 kDa. The enzyme consists of two large subunits of 57 kDa each representing biotin carboxylase (alpha) and carboxytransferase (gamma), respectively, and a small 18.6 kDa biotin carrier protein (beta). These subunits probably form an (alphabetagamma)(4) holoenzyme. It has a catalytic number of 28 s(-1) at 65 degreesC and at the optimal pH of 7.5. The apparent K (m) values were 0.06 mm for acetyl-CoA, 0.07 mm for propionyl-CoA, 0.04 mm for ATP and 0.3 mm for bicarbonate. Acetyl-CoA/propionyl-CoA carboxylase is considered the main CO(2) fixation enzyme of autotrophic members of Sulfolobaceae and the sequenced genomes of these Archaea contain the respective genes. Due to its stability the archaeal carboxylase may prove an ideal subject for further structural studies.
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