Sorption affects amino acid pathways in soil: Implications from position-specific labeling of alanine
Sorption affects amino acid pathways in soil: Implications from position-specific labeling of alanine
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DOI:
10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.015
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发表时间:
2014-05
影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
M. Dippold;M. Biryukov;Y. Kuzyakov
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作者:
M. Dippold;M. Biryukov;Y. Kuzyakov
Organo-mineral interactions are the most important mechanisms of long-term C stabilization in soils. Nevertheless, a part of the sorbed low molecular weight organic substances (LMWOS) remains bioavailable. Uniformly labeling of substances by14C or13C reflects only the average fate of C atoms of a LMWOS molecule. The submolecular tool of position-specific labeling allows to analyze metabolic pathways of individual functional groups and thus reveals deeper insight into mechanisms of sorption and microbial utilization.Alanine labeled with14C in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd position was adsorbed to five sorbents: two iron oxides with different crystalline structure: goethite and haematite; two clay minerals with 2:1 layers – smectite, and 1:1 layers – kaolinite; and activated charcoal. After subsequent addition of these sorbents to a loamy haplic Luvisol, we analyzed14C release into the soil solution, its microbial utilization and14CO2efflux from individual C positions of alanine.All sorbents bound alanine as an intact molecule (identical sorption of 1st, 2nd or 3rd positions). The bioavailability of sorbed alanine and its microbial transformation pathways depended strongly on the sorbent. Goethite and activated charcoal sorbed the highest amount of alanine (∼45% of the input), and the lowest portion of the sorbed alanine C was microbially utilized (26 and 22%, respectively). Mineralization of the desorbed alanine peaked within the first 5 h and was most pronounced for alanine bound to clay minerals. The initial mineralization to CO2of bound alanine was always highest for the C-1 position (–COOH group). Mineralization rates of C-2 and C-3 exceeded the C-1 oxidation after 10–50 h, reflecting the classical biochemical pathways: 1) deamination, 2) decarboxylation of C-1 within glycolysis, and further 3) oxidation of C-2 and C-3 in the citric acid cycle. The ratio between two metabolic pathways – glycolysis (C-1 oxidation) versus citric-acid cycle (oxidation of C-2 and C-3) – was dependent on the microbial availability of sorbed alanine. High availability causes a peak in glycolysis C-1 oxidation followed by an abrupt shift to oxidation via the citric acid cycle. Low microbial availability of sorbed alanine, in turn, leads to a less pronounced, parallel oxidation of all three positions and to a higher relative incorporation of alanine C into microbial compounds. Modeling of C fluxes revealed that a significant portion of the sorbed alanine was incorporated in microbial biomass after 78 h and was further stabilized at the sorbents' surfaces.Position-specific labeling enabled determination of pathways and rates of C utilization from individual molecule positions and its dependence on various sorption mechanisms. We conclude that position-specific labeling is a unique tool for detailed insights into the submolecular transformation processes, mechanisms and rates of C stabilization in soil.