Metabolic dehalogenation of halomethanes by mercury methylators
Wang, S.; Shen, R.; Su, Y.; Li, Q.; Wu, N.; Lu, Q.; Sun, Y.; Dang, F.; Lu, Y.; Chen, L.; Hou, D.; Mai, B.-X.; Zhang, T.; Qiu, R.
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Mercury (Hg) methylators play key roles in the global Hg cycle. Nonetheless, the Hg methylators are widely present in Hg-absent environments and the Hg methylation is a cometabolic process without cell growth, which leave the origin and evolution of the Hg methylation as a mystery. Here, we reported the CCl4/trihalomethane-to-dihalomethane dehalogenation by model Hg methylators in a metabolic way. Heterologously-expressed HgcAB catalyzed both the CCl4 dechlorination and Hg methylation. Halomethanes were shown to sustain the Hg-methylation community without adding external carbon source, electron donor and acceptor. Metadata analyses suggested the halomethane dehalogenation potential of Hg methylators at the global scale. These results, together with much higher global flux and kinetic Vmax of the metabolic halomethanes dehalogenation relative to the co-metabolic Hg methylation, suggested halomethanes as the potential HgcAB substrates for the evolution of Hg methylation.
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