gentisate degradation I
MetaCyc:PWY-6223
The complete gentisate isomerization route cleaves gentisate to 3-maleylpyruvate, isomerizes this cis intermediate to 3-fumarylpyruvate, and hydrolyzes it to fumarate and pyruvate. Ralstonia sp. U2 NagI, NagL and NagK supply an experimentally supported complete enzyme realization. U2 NagL uses glutathione as a catalytic cofactor. NagK magnesium and manganese annotations are by similarity, not direct U2 metal measurements. The exact U2 enzyme sequences match deposited strain U2 coding sequences despite the broader organism label in current UniProt. The direct maleate-hydrolysis route and upstream aromatic-substrate conversions are outside this pathway boundary. Separately qualified isomerases represent C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 ncgl2918 with mycothiol and Paenibacillus sp. NyZ101 BagL with L-cysteine, cysteinylglycine or glutathione in vitro. These variant proteins and thiols are alternatives, not a requirement that one organism use all cofactors. Cysteine preference in NyZ101 remains a physiological inference. Metal activation and inhibition edges describe the tagged-enzyme assays with their stated concentrations, not demonstrated native metal requirements. The cysteine/cysteinylglycine zwitterions and glutathione anion are explicit chemical normalization; assay protonation was not measured. The NagI recombinant assay retains a reported primer/start-position conflict; its exact expressed N terminus is unresolved.
- Pathway type
- gentisate degradation
- Organism scope
Pathway network
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Components and activities
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Ralstonia sp. U2NCBITaxon:70356 | taxon | |
Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032NCBITaxon:196627 | taxon | |
Paenibacillus sp. NyZ101NCBITaxon:980079 | taxon | |
2,5-dihydroxybenzoateCHEBI:58044 | small molecule | |
3-maleylpyruvate(2-)CHEBI:16727 | small molecule | |
3-fumarylpyruvate(2-)CHEBI:16854 | small molecule | |
fumarate(2-)CHEBI:29806 | small molecule | |
pyruvateCHEBI:15361 | small molecule | |
dioxygenCHEBI:15379 | small molecule | |
hydronCHEBI:15378 | small molecule | |
waterCHEBI:15377 | small molecule | |
Gentisate 1,2-dioxygenaseUniProtKB:O86041 | protein | |
Maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:O86043 | protein | |
Fumarylpyruvate hydrolaseUniProtKB:O86042 | protein | |
glutathionate(1-)CHEBI:57925 | cofactor | |
magnesium(2+)CHEBI:18420 | cofactor | |
manganese(2+)CHEBI:29035 | cofactor | |
mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomeraseMetaCyc:G18NG-12642-MONOMER | protein | |
Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59 | protein | |
mycothiolCHEBI:16768 | cofactor | |
L-cysteine zwitterionCHEBI:35235 | cofactor | |
L-cysteinylglycine zwitterionCHEBI:61694 | cofactor | |
nickel(2+)CHEBI:49786 | small molecule | |
calcium(2+)CHEBI:29108 | small molecule | |
copper(2+)CHEBI:29036 | small molecule | |
zinc(2+)CHEBI:29105 | small molecule | |
iron(3+)CHEBI:29034 | small molecule | |
2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 | molecular activity | left to right |
3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 | molecular activity | left to right |
3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 | molecular activity | left to right |
Mechanistic edges
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MetaCyc:PWY-6223 | has_part One of the three complete native core reactions, from gentisate through the cis/trans isomerization route to fumarate and pyruvate. | 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 |
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2,5-dihydroxybenzoateCHEBI:58044 | consumes Complete formal substrates side; coefficient 1. | 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 |
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dioxygenCHEBI:15379 | consumes Complete formal substrates side; coefficient 1. | 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 |
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2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 | produces Complete formal products side; coefficient 1. | 3-maleylpyruvate(2-)CHEBI:16727 |
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2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 | produces Complete formal products side; coefficient 1. | hydronCHEBI:15378 |
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MetaCyc:PWY-6223 | has_part One of the three complete native core reactions, from gentisate through the cis/trans isomerization route to fumarate and pyruvate. | 3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 |
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3-maleylpyruvate(2-)CHEBI:16727 | consumes Complete formal substrates side; coefficient 1. | 3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 |
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3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 | produces Complete formal products side; coefficient 1. | 3-fumarylpyruvate(2-)CHEBI:16854 |
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MetaCyc:PWY-6223 | has_part One of the three complete native core reactions, from gentisate through the cis/trans isomerization route to fumarate and pyruvate. | 3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 |
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3-fumarylpyruvate(2-)CHEBI:16854 | consumes Complete formal substrates side; coefficient 1. | 3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 |
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waterCHEBI:15377 | consumes Complete formal substrates side; coefficient 1. | 3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 |
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3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 | produces Complete formal products side; coefficient 1. | hydronCHEBI:15378 |
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3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 | produces Complete formal products side; coefficient 1. | fumarate(2-)CHEBI:29806 |
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3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 | produces Complete formal products side; coefficient 1. | pyruvateCHEBI:15361 |
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2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 | provides_input_for The complete shared intermediate is CHEBI:16727. This material connection preserves the native reaction ordering. | 3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 |
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3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 | provides_input_for The complete shared intermediate is CHEBI:16854. This material connection preserves the native reaction ordering. | 3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 |
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Gentisate 1,2-dioxygenaseUniProtKB:O86041experimental construct: NagI expressed from pWWF19-25 in E. coli and assayed in cell extract. The reported forward primer maps to native Met10, although the paper calls the insert a complete reading frame. This source conflict leaves the expressed sequence unresolved; an exact nine-residue deletion is not asserted. Qualification evidence
| catalyzes Ralstonia sp. U2 NagI catalytic identity is supported by the reviewed native sequence annotation. The recombinant pWWF19-25 assay is qualified because the reported primer conflicts with the stated complete reading frame; the actual expressed sequence is unresolved. | 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 => 3-maleylpyruvate + H(+)RHEA:18238 |
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Maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:O86043 | catalyzes Ralstonia sp. U2 NagL catalysis is supported by the original study; the native ENZRXN records unpurified heterologous-host assays, not a claim that all assayed preparations were purified. | 3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 |
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Fumarylpyruvate hydrolaseUniProtKB:O86042 | catalyzes Ralstonia sp. U2 NagK catalysis is supported by the original study; the native ENZRXN records unpurified heterologous-host assays, not a claim that all assayed preparations were purified. | 3-fumarylpyruvate + H2O => fumarate + pyruvate + H(+)RHEA:26169 |
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Maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:O86043 | has_cofactor Glutathione is a catalytic cofactor of the U2 isomerase, not a stoichiometric reactant in the net isomerization. | glutathionate(1-)CHEBI:57925 |
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Fumarylpyruvate hydrolaseUniProtKB:O86042 | has_cofactor The reviewed UniProt entry annotates this metal by similarity (ECO:0000250). It does not establish direct U2 cofactor measurements or simultaneous occupancy with the alternative metal. | magnesium(2+)CHEBI:18420 |
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Fumarylpyruvate hydrolaseUniProtKB:O86042 | has_cofactor The reviewed UniProt entry annotates this metal by similarity (ECO:0000250). It does not establish direct U2 cofactor measurements or simultaneous occupancy with the alternative metal. | manganese(2+)CHEBI:29035 |
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mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomeraseMetaCyc:G18NG-12642-MONOMERexperimental construct: C. glutamicum ncgl2918 assayed as an N-terminal hexahistidine fusion expressed from pET28a-ncgl2918. The exact full tag extension was not established; the later structural deposit tag is not assigned to this assay. Qualification evidence
| catalyzes The tagged ncgl2918 enzyme from the C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 lineage catalyzes maleylpyruvate-to-fumarylpyruvate isomerization with mycothiol. This variant supplies the isomerase step; it is not a claim that this enzyme supplies the other two pathway reactions. | 3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 |
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mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomeraseMetaCyc:G18NG-12642-MONOMERexperimental construct: C. glutamicum ncgl2918 assayed as an N-terminal hexahistidine fusion expressed from pET28a-ncgl2918. The exact full tag extension was not established; the later structural deposit tag is not assigned to this assay. Qualification evidence
| has_cofactor Mycothiol supports the tagged ncgl2918 isomerase. The native database cofactor frame CPD1G-2 and complete chemical structures establish the CHEBI:16768 identity; the protein is distinct from U2 NagL and NyZ101 BagL. | mycothiolCHEBI:16768 |
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Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
| catalyzes Purified tagged NyZ101 BagL isomerizes maleylpyruvate to fumarylpyruvate. Figure 3A used 50 μM substrate, 10 μM L-cysteine and 4.8 μg enzyme in 1 mL of 50 mM Tris-HCl at pH 8.0. | 3-maleylpyruvate => 3-fumarylpyruvateRHEA:17394 |
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Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
| has_cofactor L-cysteine supports tagged BagL in vitro. Thiol kinetics used 100 μM maleylpyruvate. The ChEBI charge state is explicit graph normalization, not an assay measurement of protonation; this does not establish exclusive physiological use. | L-cysteine zwitterionCHEBI:35235 |
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Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
| has_cofactor L-cysteinylglycine supports tagged BagL in vitro. Thiol kinetics used 100 μM maleylpyruvate. The ChEBI charge state is explicit graph normalization, not an assay measurement of protonation; this does not establish exclusive physiological use. | L-cysteinylglycine zwitterionCHEBI:61694 |
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Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
| has_cofactor reduced glutathione supports tagged BagL in vitro. Thiol kinetics used 100 μM maleylpyruvate. The ChEBI charge state is explicit graph normalization, not an assay measurement of protonation; this does not establish exclusive physiological use. | glutathionate(1-)CHEBI:57925 |
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nickel(2+)CHEBI:49786 | activates In vitro, 0.2 mM Ni2+ after 15 min at room temperature increased tagged BagL activity by 20% with L-cysteine or 90% with cysteinylglycine. This is an assay perturbation, not established physiological nickel-cofactor dependence. | Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
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magnesium(2+)CHEBI:18420 | inhibits At 0.2 mM, magnesium(2+) inhibited tagged BagL in vitro. The paper reports 20–53% inhibition collectively across Mg2+, Ca2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+, without assigning an exact percentage to each ion. This is an assay effect. | Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
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calcium(2+)CHEBI:29108 | inhibits At 0.2 mM, calcium(2+) inhibited tagged BagL in vitro. The paper reports 20–53% inhibition collectively across Mg2+, Ca2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+, without assigning an exact percentage to each ion. This is an assay effect. | Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
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copper(2+)CHEBI:29036 | inhibits At 0.2 mM, copper(2+) inhibited tagged BagL in vitro. The paper reports 20–53% inhibition collectively across Mg2+, Ca2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+, without assigning an exact percentage to each ion. This is an assay effect. | Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
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zinc(2+)CHEBI:29105 | inhibits At 0.2 mM, zinc(2+) inhibited tagged BagL in vitro. The paper reports 20–53% inhibition collectively across Mg2+, Ca2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+, without assigning an exact percentage to each ion. This is an assay effect. | Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomeraseUniProtKB:H6TG59experimental construct: NyZ101 BagL assayed as an N-terminal His6 fusion expressed from pZWT51/pET28a in E. coli BL21(DE3), then Ni-NTA purified and dialyzed. The exact full tag extension was not established. Qualification evidence
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zinc(2+)CHEBI:29105 | activates In vitro, 1 mM Zn2+ gave 121% relative activity of tagged ncgl2918 after 15 min at room temperature in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0. This descriptive assay effect does not establish physiological zinc dependence or statistical significance. | mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomeraseMetaCyc:G18NG-12642-MONOMERexperimental construct: C. glutamicum ncgl2918 assayed as an N-terminal hexahistidine fusion expressed from pET28a-ncgl2918. The exact full tag extension was not established; the later structural deposit tag is not assigned to this assay. Qualification evidence
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iron(3+)CHEBI:29034 | inhibits In vitro, 1 mM Fe3+ left 85% activity of tagged ncgl2918 after 15 min at room temperature in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0. This descriptive assay effect does not establish physiological iron dependence or statistical significance. | mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomeraseMetaCyc:G18NG-12642-MONOMERexperimental construct: C. glutamicum ncgl2918 assayed as an N-terminal hexahistidine fusion expressed from pET28a-ncgl2918. The exact full tag extension was not established; the later structural deposit tag is not assigned to this assay. Qualification evidence
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References
MetaCyc:PWY-6223MetaCyc:PWY-6223 complete native object (source version: META PGDB 27.0; complete unmodified XML)MetaCyc:GENTISATE-12-DIOXYGENASE-RXNMetaCyc:GENTISATE-12-DIOXYGENASE-RXN complete native object (source version: META PGDB 27.0; complete unmodified XML)RHEA:18238RHEA:18238 exact directional equation and complete sides (source version: Rhea 142; digest binds complete original RDF gzip; source locators aggregate descriptions by native URI)MetaCyc:MALEYLPYRUVATE-ISOMERASE-RXNMetaCyc:MALEYLPYRUVATE-ISOMERASE-RXN complete native object (source version: META PGDB 27.0; complete unmodified XML)RHEA:17394RHEA:17394 exact directional equation and complete sides (source version: Rhea 142; digest binds complete original RDF gzip; source locators aggregate descriptions by native URI)MetaCyc:RXN-10445MetaCyc:RXN-10445 complete native object (source version: META PGDB 27.0; complete unmodified XML)RHEA:26169RHEA:26169 exact directional equation and complete sides (source version: Rhea 142; digest binds complete original RDF gzip; source locators aggregate descriptions by native URI)UniProtKB:O86041UniProtKB O86041 (source version: UniProtKB entry version 65; sequence version 2; retrieved 2026-10-14)UniProtKB:O86043UniProtKB O86043 (source version: UniProtKB entry version 98; sequence version 1; retrieved 2026-10-14)UniProtKB:O86042UniProtKB O86042 (source version: UniProtKB entry version 74; sequence version 1; retrieved 2026-10-14)PMID:11133965nag genes of Ralstonia (formerly Pseudomonas) sp. strain U2 encoding enzymes for gentisate catabolism. (source version: 2001 article; publisher text, PMC Methods/Table 2 and original Figures 1–6 inspected 2026-10-14; raw full article not archived)PMID:22636771Novel L-cysteine-dependent maleylpyruvate isomerase in the gentisate pathway of Paenibacillus sp. strain NyZ101. (source version: 2012 article; publisher selected-text response inspected 2026-10-14; hash identifies typed web-tool extraction NyZ101-primary-web-extract.txt, not original HTML or a complete article)PMID:16481315The gene ncgl2918 encodes a novel maleylpyruvate isomerase that needs mycothiol as cofactor and links mycothiol biosynthesis and gentisate assimilation in Corynebacterium glutamicum. (source version: 2006 article; author-uploaded article selected-text responses, including the Figure 5 legend, inspected 2026-10-14; two typed extraction receipts Cgl2006-primary-web-extract.txt and Cgl2006-mycothiol-web-extract.txt, not original HTML or a complete article; no single fulltext hash asserted)MetaCyc:ENZRXN-16404MetaCyc ENZRXN-16404 (source version: MetaCyc 27.0; Pathway Tools XML 27.0; retrieved 2026-10-14)UniProtKB:H6TG59UniProtKB H6TG59 — Cysteine dependent-maleylpyruvate isomerase (source version: UniProtKB entry version 19; sequence version 1; retrieved 2026-10-14)
Curation history
- codex
- CREATE — Add complete gentisate isomerization pathway with qualified enzyme variants
Curated MetaCyc:PWY-6223 with three exact directional Rhea steps, 24 participants, three microbial taxa and 35 evidence-backed edges. Verified native chemical stereostructures, coefficients and balance, deposited protein identities, thiol alternatives and tagged assay endpoints. Preserved all baseline pathway and authority objects. Independent initial scientific review found the NagI primer/full-reading-frame conflict; gentisate-017 now qualifies the experimental subject without asserting a proven truncation. Compact author and independent reviewer provenance are retained under research/pathway_additions/2026-10-14-next-251/gentisate. Final rendering, full corpus gates and successor review follow this history event; no future success is claimed.
- CREATE — Add complete gentisate isomerization pathway with qualified enzyme variants