Pathways for Phenylobacterium parvum strain HYN0004

Terephthalate degradation involves the breakdown of the aromatic compound into precursors that the bacterium can use as carbon and energy sources. Terephthalate, an industrial and plastic waste waste pollutant, enters the bacterial cell via terephthalate permease transporter. Terephthalate then undergoes a sequence of enzymatic reactions within the cell, beginning with its conversion to terephthalate-1,2-dioxygenase, which produces Terephthalate-1,2-cis-dihydrodiol. This is then converted into protocatechuic acid and finally into 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde, which enters the cbenzoate degradation pathway.