ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2023
A Variant of the Sulfoglycolytic Transketolase Pathway for the Degradation of Sulfoquinovose into Sulfoacetate.
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- The return of metabolism: biochemistry and physiology of glycolysis.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Widespread marine and freshwater distributions of active sulfoquinovose-degrading bacteria.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Advances in microbial sulfoquinovose catabolism.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- From Glucose to Green Chemistry: Breakthrough in Microbial Production of Tartaric Semialdehyde.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Article
- Study of sulfoglycolysis iniScience · 2024Article
- AnaerobicFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Sulfoquinovose (SQ, 6-deoxy-6-sulfo-glucose) constitutes the polar head group of plant sulfolipids and is one of the most abundantly produced organosulfur compounds in nature. Degradation of SQ by bacterial communities contributes to sulfur recycling in many environments. Bacteria have evolved at least four mechanisms for glycolytic degradation of SQ, termed sulfoglycolysis, producing C3 sulfonate (dihydroxypropanesulfonate and sulfolactate) and C2 sulfonate (isethionate) by-products. These sulfonates are further degraded by other bacteria, leading to the mineralization of the sulfonate sulfur. The C2 sulfonate sulfoacetate is widespread in the environment and is also thought to be a product of sulfoglycolysis, although the mechanistic details are yet unknown. Here, we describe a gene cluster in an
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