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
Edge evidence
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Disproportionation
occurs in
anoxic condition
biolink:occurs_inSulfur disproportionation is commonly observed as anaerobic microbial metabolism.
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DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770microbiologically catalyzed chemolithotrophic process
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inorganic sulfur intermediate
serves as electron donor and acceptor
Disproportionation
METPO:2007603A single sulfur intermediate provides both donor and acceptor halves.
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DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770serve as both electron donor and acceptor
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elemental sulfur
example of
inorganic sulfur intermediate
rdfs:subClassOfElemental sulfur is a disproportionation substrate.
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DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.013elemental sulfur disproportionation
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thiosulfate
example of
inorganic sulfur intermediate
rdfs:subClassOfThiosulfate is a disproportionation substrate.
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DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770elemental sulfur, thiosulfate, and sulfite
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inorganic sulfur intermediate
reduced to
sulfide
One fraction of the substrate is reduced to sulfide.
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DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770generate hydrogen sulfide and sulfate
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inorganic sulfur intermediate
oxidized to
sulfate
METPO:2007405One fraction of the substrate is oxidized to sulfate.
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DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770generate hydrogen sulfide and sulfate
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reverse sulfate reduction pathway
participates in
Disproportionation
biolink:participates_inSome disproportionating microbes use reversed sulfate-reduction enzymes.
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DOI:10.1080/17415990802105770reverse the sulfate reduction pathway
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thiosulfate
produces
sulfate
METPO:2000202Thiosulfate disproportionation yields sulfate as the oxidized product.
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DOI:10.1128/msystems.00954-22
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thiosulfate
produces
sulfide
METPO:2000202Thiosulfate disproportionation yields sulfide as the reduced product.
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DOI:10.1128/msystems.00954-22
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TsdA thiosulfate dehydrogenase
catalyzes oxidation of
thiosulfate
TsdA oxidizes thiosulfate to tetrathionate, the entry step of the S4 intermediate pathway.
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DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426584
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TsdA thiosulfate dehydrogenase
produces
tetrathionate
METPO:2000202Product of TsdA-catalyzed thiosulfate oxidation is tetrathionate.
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DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426584
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TetH tetrathionate hydrolase
disproportionates
tetrathionate
METPO:2000200TetH hydrolyzes/disproportionates tetrathionate into elemental sulfur, thiosulfate, and sulfate.
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DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426584
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SOR sulfur oxygenase reductase
disproportionates
elemental sulfur
METPO:2000200SOR catalyzes disproportionation of elemental sulfur, releasing sulfite and sulfide.
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DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-54306-7_15
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SOR sulfur oxygenase reductase
produces
sulfite
METPO:2000202Sulfite is the oxidized product of SOR-catalyzed elemental sulfur disproportionation.
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DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-54306-7_15
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iron-sulfide mineral formation
scavenges
sulfide
Formation of Fe-sulfide minerals scavenges produced sulfide, relieving product inhibition of sulfur disproportionation.
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DOI:10.1128/msystems.00954-22
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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, …]
Nearest neighbors in embedding space
- metabolism Syntrophy 0.973
- metabolism Homoacetogenesis 0.970
- metabolism Oxidative phosphorylation 0.969
- metabolism Cable bacteria metabolism 0.968
- metabolism Electron transfer 0.966
- metabolism Substrate-level phosphorylation 0.965
- metabolism sulfur oxidation 0.932
- metabolism starch degradation 0.932
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo
imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)
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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.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:participates_in×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (rdfs:subClassOf×2).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2007405×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 2 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (ENVO:01001057×1, CHEBI:15138×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (CHEBI:33542×1).
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RENAME_PREDICATE_LABELS · claude
Renamed 1 causal-edge predicate label(s) to align with existing groundings: occurs under → occurs in ×1.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:occurs_in×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (CHEBI:26833×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2007603×1).
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FIX_NODE_GROUNDING_CURIE · claude
Overwrote 2 causal-node grounding(s) to corrected CURIEs (phase-2 id-label fix; verified vs OAK).
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ENRICH_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude
Added 8 evidence-backed generic edges (6 new nodes) from the deep-research report.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 4 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2000202×4).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2000200×2).