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ArticleACS omega2025

Navigating the Complex Terrain of Methane Synthesis: Multienzyme Control Points and Data-Driven Strategies.

Nikwando Mohlomi, Rosina Nkuna, Kugenthiren Permaul, Suren Singh, Adarsh Kumar Puri

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Article in ACS omega, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nikwando MohlomiDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9532-3504
Rosina NkunaDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark 1900, Gauteng, South Africa.
Kugenthiren PermaulDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Suren SinghDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Adarsh Kumar PuriDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.

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Abstract

Anaerobic digestion is a crucial process in wastewater treatment, renowned for its sustainable biogas production capabilities and the simultaneous reduction of environmental pollution. However, dysregulation of vital biological processes and pathways can lead to reduced efficiency and suboptimal biogas output, which can be seen through low counts per million of sequences related to three critical control points for methane synthesis. Namely, tetrahydromethanopterin S-methyltransferase (MTR), methyl-coenzyme reductase M (MCR), and CoB/CoM heterodisulfide oxidoreductase (HDR) are the last reactions that must occur. This study leveraged sequencing data from NCBI's Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database whose sample origins were of two model full-scale biodigesters. By assembling a genome BBBAS3_2 (86.4% complete), this study was able to align, assemble, and follow expression patterns related to KEGG pathways and sample conditions. This study detected and estimated expression patterns of conserved (in methanogenic archae) alleles for electron cycling by the heterodisulfide reductase complex, methylation and demethylation by methyltransferases, and oxidation of active coenzymes A and B by methyl-coenzyme reductase to surveil counts of sequences at critical control points. Utilizing a streamlined cloud bioinformatics approach with Omicsbox and Kbase, this study bridges the division between data-intensive sequencing and innovative solutions for methane optimization.

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