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  • Title: Biosynthesis of vitamin B-12 in anaerobic bacteria. Experiments with Eubacterium limosum on the origin of the amide groups of the corrin ring and of N-3 of the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole part.
    Author: Vogt JR, Renz P.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1988 Feb 01; 171(3):655-9. PubMed ID: 3345751.
    Abstract:
    The pathway of vitamin B-12 biosynthesis in anaerobic bacteria differs in several respects from the pathway found in aerobic or aerotolerant microorganisms. The aim of this investigation was to elucidate the formation of the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole part and the amide groups of vitamin B-12 in anaerobic bacteria. [15N]Ammonium chloride or L-[amido-15N]glutamine or a mixture of [15N]ammonium sulfate and [15N]glycine was added to fermentations with Eubacterium limosum. The vitamin B-12 isolated from these fermentations was methylated and degraded to cobinamide and 1,5,6-trimethylbenzimidazole. The amide groups of cobinamide were hydrolyzed and the amide nitrogen of the side chains a, b, c, d, e and g trapped as benzamide. The 15N incorporation was determined by mass spectroscopy. Thus in the experiment with [15N]ammonium chloride the benzamide and the 1,5,6-trimethylbenzimidazole contained 9.6% 15N, whereas in the experiment with L-[amido-15N]glutamine 37.5% of the molecules were 15N labeled. The 1H-NMR spectrum of 1,5,6-trimethylbenzimidazole revealed that the 15N from the ammonium salts and from glutamine was incorporated into N-3 of the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole moiety of vitamin B-12. With a mixture of [15N]ammonium sulfate and [15N]glycine both nitrogens of 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole became 15N-labeled. These experiments demonstrate that in E. limosum the amide nitrogen of glutamine is not only the precursor of the six amide groups of the corrin ring, but also of N-3 of the 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole moiety of vitamin B-12.
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