Disproportionation

METPO:1000806 · CLASS · REVIEWED

A metabolism in which a single substrate simultaneously undergoes both oxidation and reduction reactions, with part of the substrate serving as the electron donor and another part serving as the electron acceptor.

Sulfur disproportionation redox split

DOI-backed graph linking a single sulfur intermediate to simultaneous oxidation and reduction products under anoxic conditions.

Sulfur disproportionation redox split Interactive directed graph showing evidence-backed causal relationships for Disproportionation.

Edge evidence

  • Disproportionation occurs in anoxic condition biolink:occurs_in

    Sulfur disproportionation is commonly observed as anaerobic microbial metabolism.

    • DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770 microbiologically catalyzed chemolithotrophic process Supports microbial sulfur disproportionation under non-oxygenated sulfur cycling contexts.
  • inorganic sulfur intermediate serves as electron donor and acceptor Disproportionation METPO:2007603

    A single sulfur intermediate provides both donor and acceptor halves.

    • DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770 serve as both electron donor and acceptor Directly supports the defining redox split.
  • elemental sulfur example of inorganic sulfur intermediate rdfs:subClassOf

    Elemental sulfur is a disproportionation substrate.

    • DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.013 elemental sulfur disproportionation Supports elemental sulfur as a substrate.
  • thiosulfate example of inorganic sulfur intermediate rdfs:subClassOf

    Thiosulfate is a disproportionation substrate.

    • DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770 elemental sulfur, thiosulfate, and sulfite Supports thiosulfate among disproportionated sulfur intermediates.
  • inorganic sulfur intermediate reduced to sulfide

    One fraction of the substrate is reduced to sulfide.

    • DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770 generate hydrogen sulfide and sulfate Supports sulfide as reduced product.
  • inorganic sulfur intermediate oxidized to sulfate METPO:2007405

    One fraction of the substrate is oxidized to sulfate.

    • DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770 generate hydrogen sulfide and sulfate Supports sulfate as oxidized product.
  • reverse sulfate reduction pathway participates in Disproportionation biolink:participates_in

    Some disproportionating microbes use reversed sulfate-reduction enzymes.

    • DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770 reverse the sulfate reduction pathway Supports the proposed pathway mechanism for some isolates.
  • thiosulfate produces sulfate METPO:2000202

    Thiosulfate disproportionation yields sulfate as the oxidized product.

    • DOI:10.1128/msystems.00954-22 Thiosulfate disproportionation follows the stoichiometry S2O3(2-) + H2O -> SO4(2-) + HS- + H+.
  • thiosulfate produces sulfide METPO:2000202

    Thiosulfate disproportionation yields sulfide as the reduced product.

    • DOI:10.1128/msystems.00954-22 Thiosulfate disproportionation follows the stoichiometry S2O3(2-) + H2O -> SO4(2-) + HS- + H+.
  • TsdA thiosulfate dehydrogenase catalyzes oxidation of thiosulfate

    TsdA oxidizes thiosulfate to tetrathionate, the entry step of the S4 intermediate pathway.

    • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426584 tsdA (and doxDA) catalyze conversion of thiosulfate (S2O3 2-) to tetrathionate (S4O6 2-).
  • TsdA thiosulfate dehydrogenase produces tetrathionate METPO:2000202

    Product of TsdA-catalyzed thiosulfate oxidation is tetrathionate.

    • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426584 tsdA catalyzes conversion of thiosulfate to tetrathionate (S4O6 2-).
  • TetH tetrathionate hydrolase disproportionates tetrathionate METPO:2000200

    TetH hydrolyzes/disproportionates tetrathionate into elemental sulfur, thiosulfate, and sulfate.

    • DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426584 Tetrathionate can be subsequently disproportionated via tetH to form S0, S2O3 2-, and SO4 2-.
  • SOR sulfur oxygenase reductase disproportionates elemental sulfur METPO:2000200

    SOR catalyzes disproportionation of elemental sulfur, releasing sulfite and sulfide.

    • DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-54306-7_15 The SOR catalyzes an O2-dependent S0 disproportionation releasing SO3 2- and HS-.
  • SOR sulfur oxygenase reductase produces sulfite METPO:2000202

    Sulfite is the oxidized product of SOR-catalyzed elemental sulfur disproportionation.

    • DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-54306-7_15 SOR catalyzes an O2-dependent S0 disproportionation releasing SO3 2- and HS-.
  • iron-sulfide mineral formation scavenges sulfide

    Formation of Fe-sulfide minerals scavenges produced sulfide, relieving product inhibition of sulfur disproportionation.

    • DOI:10.1128/msystems.00954-22 Ferrihydrite scavenges produced sulfide as Fe-sulfide.

Provenance

Source
METPO (2025-11-25)
Author
Jed Dongjin Kim-Ozaeta
Definition source
DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770

Parent traits (1)

kg-microbe context

Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.

  • METPO:1000806 [-0.155, -1.068, -1.362, +0.081, …]

512-dim DeepWalkSkipGramEnsmallen embedding from kg-microbe (2026-04-25).

Nearest neighbors in embedding space

Top-8 cosine-similar METPO traits from the 2026-04-25 deepwalk (512-D).

Curation history

  1. · SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo

    imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)

  2. · ADDED_CAUSAL_GRAPH · codex

    Added DOI-backed causal graph for sulfur disproportionation substrates, donor/acceptor redox split, sulfide and sulfate products, and reverse sulfate-reduction pathway involvement.

  3. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:participates_in×1).

  4. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (rdfs:subClassOf×2).

  5. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2007405×1).

  6. · GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude

    Grounded 2 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (ENVO:01001057×1, CHEBI:15138×1).

  7. · GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude

    Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (CHEBI:33542×1).

  8. · RENAME_PREDICATE_LABELS · claude

    Renamed 1 causal-edge predicate label(s) to align with existing groundings: occurs under → occurs in ×1.

  9. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:occurs_in×1).

  10. · GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude

    Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (CHEBI:26833×1).

  11. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2007603×1).

  12. · FIX_NODE_GROUNDING_CURIE · claude

    Overwrote 2 causal-node grounding(s) to corrected CURIEs (phase-2 id-label fix; verified vs OAK).

  13. · ENRICH_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude

    Added 8 evidence-backed generic edges (6 new nodes) from the deep-research report.

  14. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 4 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2000202×4).

  15. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2000200×2).