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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109008118
关键词
tungsten; gut microbiome; anaerobes; Eubacterium; aldehydes
资金
- NIH [GM 136885]
- Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy [DE-FG05-95ER20175]
Tungsten (W) is a metal that is widely present in the microbial world, particularly in the human gut microbiome. Some gut microbes can use tungsten-containing oxidoreductases to convert toxic aldehydes into acids, depending on the availability of tungsten to the microbe. The functions of other tungsten oxidoreductases in the gut microbiome are still unknown.
Tungsten (W) is a metal that is generally thought to be seldom used in biology. We show here that a W-containing oxidoreductase (WOR) family is diverse and widespread in the microbial world. Surprisingly, WORs, along with the tungstate-specific transporter Tup, are abundant in the human gut microbiome, which contains 24 phylogenetically distinct WOR types. Two model gut microbes containing six types of WOR and Tup were shown to assimilate W. Two of the WORs were natively purified and found to contain W. The enzymes catalyzed the conversion of toxic aldehydes to the corresponding acid, with one WOR carrying out an electron bifurcation reaction coupling aldehyde oxidation to the simultaneous reduction of NAD+ and of the redox protein ferredoxin. Such aldehydes are present in cooked foods and are produced as antimicrobials by gut microbiome metabolism. This aldehyde detoxification strategy is dependent on the availability of W to the microbe. The functions of other WORs in the gut microbiome that do not oxidize aldehydes remain unknown. W is generally beyond detection (<6 parts per billion) in common foods and at picomolar concentrations in drinking water, suggesting that W availability could limit some gut microbial functions and might be an overlooked micronutrient.
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