Use of Fluorinated Compounds To Detect Aromatic Metabolites from m-Cresol in a Methanogenic Consortium: Evidence for a Demethylation Reaction.

4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid --> 4-hydroxybenzoic acid --> benzoic acid. The m-cresol-degrading consortium was able to convert exogenous 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and benzoic acid to methane. In addition, for each metabolite of m-cresol identified, the corresponding fluorinated metabolite was detected, giving the following sequence: 6-fluoro-3-methylphenol --> 5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid --> 3-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzoic acid --> 3-fluorobenzoic acid. The second step in each of these pathways is a novel demethylation which was rate limiting. This demethylation reaction would likely facilitate the transformation of the methyl group to methane, which is consistent with the results of a previous study that showed that the methyl carbon of m-[methyl-C]cresol was recovered predominantly as [C]methane (D. J. Roberts, P. M. Fedorak, and S. E. Hrudey, Can. J. Microbiol. 33:335-338, 1987). The final aromatic compound in the proposed route for m-cresol metabolism was benzoic acid, and its detection in these cultures merges the pathway for the methanogenic degradation of m-cresol with those for the anaerobic metabolism of many phenols. -->
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Entry Date(s): Date Created: 19930701 Date Completed: 20100625 Latest Revision: 20210526
Update Code: 20240829
PubMed Central ID: PMC182262
DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.7.2229-2238.1993
PMID: 16348996
Autor: Londry KL; Department of Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9., Fedorak PM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Applied and environmental microbiology [Appl Environ Microbiol] 1993 Jul; Vol. 59 (7), pp. 2229-38.
DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.7.2229-2238.1993
Abstrakt: Anaerobic sewage sludge was used to enrich a methanogenic m-cresol-degrading consortium. 6-Fluoro-3-methylphenol was synthesized and added to subcultures of the consortium with m-cresol. This caused the accumulation of 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid. In a separate experiment, the addition of 3-fluorobenzoic acid caused the transient accumulation of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Inhibition with bromoethanesulfonic acid caused the accumulation of benzoic acid. Thus, the proposed degradation pathway was m-cresol --> 4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid --> 4-hydroxybenzoic acid --> benzoic acid. The m-cresol-degrading consortium was able to convert exogenous 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and benzoic acid to methane. In addition, for each metabolite of m-cresol identified, the corresponding fluorinated metabolite was detected, giving the following sequence: 6-fluoro-3-methylphenol --> 5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid --> 3-fluoro-4-hydroxybenzoic acid --> 3-fluorobenzoic acid. The second step in each of these pathways is a novel demethylation which was rate limiting. This demethylation reaction would likely facilitate the transformation of the methyl group to methane, which is consistent with the results of a previous study that showed that the methyl carbon of m-[methyl-C]cresol was recovered predominantly as [C]methane (D. J. Roberts, P. M. Fedorak, and S. E. Hrudey, Can. J. Microbiol. 33:335-338, 1987). The final aromatic compound in the proposed route for m-cresol metabolism was benzoic acid, and its detection in these cultures merges the pathway for the methanogenic degradation of m-cresol with those for the anaerobic metabolism of many phenols.
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