Electron transfer complexes in the gut dictate high abundance circulating metabolites
Liu, Y.; Van Treuren, W.; Hou, B.-H.; Higginbottom, S. K.; Sonnenburg, J. L.; Dodd, D.
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It has long been known that proteolytic Clostridia obtain their energy by coupling oxidative and reductive pathways for amino acid metabolism - the Stickland reaction1. The oxidation of one amino acid is coupled with reduction of another, yielding energy in the former step and re-achieving redox balance with the latter. Here, we find that the gut bacterium, Clostridium sporogenes metabolizes amino acids through reductive pathways to produce metabolites that circulate within the host. Measurements in vitro indicate that reductive Stickland pathways are coupled to ATP formation, revealing their role in energy capture by gut bacteria. By probing the genetics of C. sporogenes, we find that the Rnf complex is involved in reductive amino acid metabolism. Rnf complex mutants are attenuated for growth in the mouse gut, demonstrating the importance of energy capture during reductive metabolism for gut colonization. Our findings reveal that the production of high-abundance molecules by a commensal bacterium within the host gut is linked to an energy yielding redox process.
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