Dissection and Reconstitution Provide Insights into Electron Transport in the Membrane-Bound Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Complex of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus.

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985120R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1098-5530 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00219193 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Bacteriol Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Washington, DC : American Society for Microbiology

Alcohol Dehydrogenase*/metabolism ; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase*/genetics ; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase*/metabolism; Acetaldehyde ; Acetic Acid/metabolism ; Aldehydes ; Cytochromes/metabolism ; Electron Transport ; Gluconacetobacter ; PQQ Cofactor/metabolism ; Ubiquinone/metabolism

Acetic acid bacteria catalyze the two-step oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid using the membrane-bound enzymes pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and molybdopterin-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). Although the reducing equivalents from the substrate are transferred to ubiquinone in the membrane, intramolecular electron transport in ALDH is not understood. Here, we purified the AldFGH complex, the membrane-bound ALDH that is physiologically relevant to acetic acid fermentation in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus strain PAL5. The purified AldFGH complex showed acetaldehyde:ubiquinone (Q 2 ) oxidoreductase activity. c -type cytochromes of the AldFGH complex (in the AldF subunit) were reduced by acetaldehyde. Next, we genetically dissected the AldFGH complex into AldGH and AldF units and reconstituted them. The AldGH subcomplex showed acetaldehyde:ferricyanide oxidoreductase activity but not Q 2 reductase activity. The ALDH activity of AldGH was not found in membranes but was found in the soluble fraction of the recombinant strain, suggesting that the AldF subunit is responsible for membrane binding of the AldFGH complex. The absorption spectra of the purified AldGH subcomplex suggested the presence of an [Fe-S] cluster, which can be reduced by acetaldehyde. The AldFGH complex reconstituted from the AldGH subcomplex and AldF showed Q 2 reductase activity. We propose a model in which electrons from the substrate are abstracted by a molybdopterin in the AldH subunit and transferred to the [Fe-S] cluster(s) in the AldG subunit, followed by electron transport to c -type cytochrome centers in the AldF subunit, which is the site of ubiquinone reduction in the membrane. IMPORTANCE Two membrane-bound enzymes of acetic acid bacteria, pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and molybdopterin-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), are responsible for vinegar production. Upon the oxidation of acetaldehyde, ALDH reduces ubiquinone in the cytoplasmic membrane. ALDH is an enzyme complex of three subunits. Here, we tried to understand how ALDH works by using a classical biochemical approach and genetic engineering to dissect the enzyme complex into soluble and membrane-bound parts. The soluble part had limited activity in vitro and did not reduce ubiquinone. However, the enzyme complex reconstituted from the soluble and membrane-bound parts showed ubiquinone reduction activity. The proposed working model of ALDH provides a better understanding of how the enzyme works in the vinegar fermentation process.

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Keywords: Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus; [Fe-S] cluster; acetic acid fermentation; cytochrome c; membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase

0 (Aldehydes)
0 (Cytochromes)
1339-63-5 (Ubiquinone)
72909-34-3 (PQQ Cofactor)
EC 1.1.1.1 (Alcohol Dehydrogenase)
EC 1.2.1.3 (Aldehyde Dehydrogenase)
GO1N1ZPR3B (Acetaldehyde)
Q40Q9N063P (Acetic Acid)

Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus

Date Created: 20220124 Date Completed: 20220421 Latest Revision: 20220916

20240829

PMC8923213

10.1128/jb.00558-21

35072518