A new route for synthesis of dimethylsulphoniopropionate in marine algae.

Abstract:

:The 3-dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) produced by marine algae is the main biogenic precursor of atmospheric dimethylsulphide (DMS). This biogenic DMS, formed by bacterial and algal degradation of DMSP, contributes about 1.5 x 10(13) g of sulphur to the atmosphere annually, and plays a major part in the global sulphur cycle, in cloud formation and potentially in climate regulation. Although DMSP biosynthesis has been partially elucidated in a higher plant, nothing is known about how algae make DMSP except that the whole molecule is derived from methionine. Here we use in vivo isotope labelling to demonstrate that DMSP synthesis in the green macroalga Enteromorpha intestinalis proceeds by a route entirely distinct from that in higher plants. From methionine, the steps are transamination, reduction and S-methylation to give the novel sulphonium compound 4-dimethylsulphonio-2-hydroxybutyrate (DMSHB), which is oxidatively decarboxylated to DMSP. The key intermediate DMSHB was also identified in three diverse phytoplankton species, indicating that the same pathway operates in other algal classes that are important sources of DMS. The fact that a transamination initiates this pathway could help explain how algal DMSP (and thereby DMS) production is enhanced by nitrogen deficiency.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Gage DA,Rhodes D,Nolte KD,Hicks WA,Leustek T,Cooper AJ,Hanson AD

doi

10.1038/43160

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-06-26 00:00:00

pages

891-4

issue

6636

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

journal_volume

387

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