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  • Title: Native corrinoids from Clostridium cochlearium are adeninylcobamides: spectroscopic analysis and identification of pseudovitamin B(12) and factor A.
    Author: Hoffmann B, Oberhuber M, Stupperich E, Bothe H, Buckel W, Konrat R, Kräutler B.
    Journal: J Bacteriol; 2000 Sep; 182(17):4773-82. PubMed ID: 10940017.
    Abstract:
    The corrinoids from the obligate anaerobe Clostridium cochlearium were extracted as a mixture of Co(beta)-cyano derivatives. From 50 g of frozen cells, approximately 2 mg (1.5 micromol) of B(12) derivatives was obtained as a crystalline sample. Analysis of the corrinoid sample of C. cochlearium by a combination of high-pressure liquid chromatography and UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy revealed the presence of three cyano corrinoids in a ratio of about 3:1:1. The spectroscopic data acquired for the sample indicated the main components to be pseudovitamin B(12) (Co(beta)-cyano-7"-adeninylcobamide) (60%) and factor A (Co(beta)-cyano-7"-[2-methyl]adeninylcobamide) (20%). Authentic pseudovitamin B(12) was prepared by guided biosynthesis from cobinamide and adenine. Both pseudovitamin B(12) and its homologue, factor A, were subjected to complete spectroscopic analysis by UV-Vis, circular dichroism, mass spectrometry, and by one- and two-dimensional (1)H, (13)C-, and (15)N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The third component was indicated by the mass spectra to be an isomer of factor A and is likely (according to NMR) to be 7"-[N(6)-methyl]-adeninylcobamide, a previously unknown corrinoid. C. cochlearium thus biosynthesizes as its native "complete" B(12) cofactors the 7"-adeninylcobamides and two homologous corrinoids, in which the nucleotide base is a methylated adenine.
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