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Mycobacterium smegmatis possesses (N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline)-dependent (NDMA) methanol dehydrogenase (Mno) to establish methylotrophy by utilizing methanol as the source of both carbon and energy. In this study, we show that Mno forms decamer and has NADPH as the bound cofactor. Interestingly, Mno uses NDMA and not NADP as an electron acceptor in in vitro reactions. We further show that the operon mftAD required for the biosynthesis of mycofactocin, a ribosomally-synthesized electron carrier, is indispensable for the growth of M. smegmatis on methanol. Our data obtained from 2,6-Dichlorophenolindophenol reduction assays also suggest that Mno uses mycofactocin as an in vivo electron acceptor for the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde. We thus provide here biochemical evidence for mycofactocin as an electron carrier in mycobacterial physiology.
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