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Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis

ABSTRACT: Extracellular and cathodic electrons drive methylotrophic methanogenesis of Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis

PROVIDER: PRJNA1028373 | ENA |

REPOSITORIES: ENA

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			Action	DRS
	SRR26442548_1.fastq.gz	Fastqsanger.gz
	SRR26442548_2.fastq.gz	Fastqsanger.gz
	SRR26442549_1.fastq.gz	Fastqsanger.gz
	SRR26442549_2.fastq.gz	Fastqsanger.gz
	SRR26442550_1.fastq.gz	Fastqsanger.gz

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Project description:Butanetriol and pentanetriol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (BDGTs and PDGTs, respectively) are recently identified classes of archaeal membrane lipids that are prominent constituents in anoxic subseafloor sediments. These lipids are intriguing, as they possess unusual backbones with four or five carbon atoms instead of the canonical three-carbon glycerol backbone. In this study, we examined the biosynthesis of BDGTs and PDGTs by the methanogen Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis, the only available isolate known to produce these compounds, via stable isotope labeling with [methyl-13C]methionine followed by mass spectrometry analysis. We show that their biosynthesis proceeds from transfer(s) of the terminal methyl group of methionine to the more common archaeal membrane lipids, i.e., glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs). As this methylation targets a methylene group, a radical mechanism involving a radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme is probable. Over the course of the incubation, the abundance of PDGTs relative to BDGTs, expressed as backbone methylation index, increased, implying that backbone methylation may be related to the growth shift to stationary conditions, possibly due to limited energy and/or substrate availability. The increase of the backbone methylation index with increasing sediment age in a sample set from the Mediterranean Sea adds support for such a relationship. IMPORTANCE Butanetriol and pentanetriol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers are membrane lipids recently discovered in anoxic environments. These lipids differ from typical membrane-spanning tetraether lipids because they possess a non-glycerol backbone. The biosynthetic pathway and physiological role of these unique lipids are currently unknown. Here, we show that in the strain Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis, these lipids are the result of methyl transfer(s) from an S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) intermediate. We observed a relative increase of the doubly methylated compound, pentanetriol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether, in the stationary phase of M. luminyensis as well as in the subseafloor of the Mediterranean Sea and thus introduced a backbone methylation index, which could be used to further explore microbial activity in natural settings.

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