Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 128-140Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800219
Keywords
biosynthesis; isovaleryl-CoA; leucine degradation; Myxococcus xanthus; natural products
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- National Institutes of Health Public Health [GM354592]
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Isovaleryl-CoA (IV-CoA) is usually derived from the degradation of leucine by using the Bkd (branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase) complex. We have previously identified an alternative pathway for IV-CoA formation in myxobacteria that branches from the well-known mevalonate-dependent isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway. We identified 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) synthase (MvaS) to be involved in this pathway in Myxococcus xanthus, which is induced in mutants with impaired leucine degradation (e.g., bkd(-)) or during myxobacterial fruiting-body formation. Here, we show that the proteins required for leucine degradation are also involved in the alternative IV-CoA biosynthesis pathway through the efficient catalysis of the reverse reactions. Moreover, we conducted a global gene-expression experiment and compared vegetative wild-type cells with bkd mutants, and identified a five-gene operon that is highly up-regulated in bkd mutants and contains mvaS and other genes that ore directly involved in the alternative pathway. Based on our experiments, we assigned roles to the genes required for the formation of IV-CoA from HMG-CoA. Additionally, several genes involved in outer-membrane biosynthesis and a plethora of genes encoding regulatory proteins were decreased in expression levels in the bkd- mutant; this explains the complex phenotype of bkd mutants including a lack of adhesion in developmental submerse culture.
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