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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, p. 2836-2844, Vol. 188, No. 8
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JB.188.8.2836-2844.2006
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Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0308
Received 4 January 2006/ Accepted 7 February 2006
One of the early steps in the biosynthesis of coenzyme F420 in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii requires generation of 2-phospho-L-lactate, which is formed by the phosphorylation of L-lactate. Preliminary studies had shown that L-lactate in M. jannaschii is not derived from pyruvate, and thus an alternate pathway(s) for its formation was examined. Here we report that L-lactate is formed by the NAD+-dependent oxidation of L-lactaldehyde by the MJ1411 gene product. The lactaldehyde, in turn, was found to be generated either by the NAD(P)H reduction of methylglyoxal or by the aldol cleavage of fuculose-1-phosphate by fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase, the MJ1418 gene product.
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