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Elarabi NI, Abdelhadi AA, Nassrallah AA, Mohamed MSM, Abdelhaleem HAR. Biodegradation of isoproturon by Escherichia coli expressing a Pseudomonas putida catechol 1,2-dioxygenase gene. AMB Express 2023; 13:101. [PMID: 37751014 PMCID: PMC10522561 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-023-01609-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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The phenylurea herbicides are persistent in soil and water, necessitating the creation of methods for removing them from the environment. This study aimed to examine the soil microbial diversity, searching for local bacterial isolates able to efficiently degrade the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon, 3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea (IPU). The best isolates able to effectively degrade IPU were selected, characterized, and identified as Pseudomonas putida and Acinetobacter johnsonii. The catechol 1, 2-dioxygenase enzyme's catA gene was amplified, cloned, and expressed in E. coli M15. The Expressed E. coli showed high degradation efficiency (44.80%) as analyzed by HPLC after 15 days of inoculation in comparison to P. putida (21.60%). The expression of the catA gene in P. putida and expressed E. coli was measured using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). The results displayed a significant increase in the mRNA levels of the catA gene by increasing the incubation time with IPU. Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) mass spectrometry analysis revealed that three intermediate metabolites, 1-(4-isopropylphenyl)-3-methylurea (MDIPU), 4-Isopropylaniline (4-IA) and 1-(4-isopropylphenyl) urea (DDIPU) were generated by both P. putida and expressed E. coli. In addition, IPU-induced catA activity was detected in both P. putida and expressed E. coli. The supernatant of both P. putida and expressed E. coli had a significant influence on weed growth. The study clearly exhibited that P. putida and expressed E. coli were capable of metabolizing IPU influentially and thus could be utilized for bioremediation and biodegradation technology development.
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- Nagwa I Elarabi
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
- Basic Applied Science institute, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), P.O. Box 179, New Borg El- Arab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6(th) October City, Egypt
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Hou L, Wu Q, Gu Q, Zhou Q, Zhang J. Community Structure Analysis and Biodegradation Potential of Aniline-Degrading Bacteria in Biofilters. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:918-924. [PMID: 29556711 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-018-1466-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Aniline has aroused general concern owing to its strong toxicity and widespread distribution in water and soil. In the present study, the bacterial community composition before and after aniline acclimation was investigated. High-throughput Illumina MiSeq sequencing analysis illustrated a large shift in the structure of the bacterial community during the aniline acclimation period. Bacillus, Lactococcus, and Enterococcus were the dominant bacteria in biologically activated carbon before acclimation. However, the proportions of Pseudomonas, Thermomonas, and Acinetobacter increased significantly and several new bacterial taxa appeared after aniline acclimation, indicating that aniline acclimation had a strong impact on the bacterial community structure of biological activated carbon samples. Strain AN-1 accounted for the highest number of colonies on incubation plates and was identified as Acinetobacter sp. according to phylogenetic analysis of the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene sequence. Strain AN-1 was able to grow on aniline at pH value 4.0-10.0 and showed high aniline-degrading ability at neutral pH.
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- Luanfeng Hou
- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, No.100 Central Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, 510070, China.,School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, No.100 Central Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, No.100 Central Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, No.100 Central Xianlie Road, Guangzhou, 510070, China.
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Król JE, Penrod JT, McCaslin H, Rogers LM, Yano H, Stancik AD, Dejonghe W, Brown CJ, Parales RE, Wuertz S, Top EM. Role of IncP-1β plasmids pWDL7::rfp and pNB8c in chloroaniline catabolism as determined by genomic and functional analyses. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:828-38. [PMID: 22101050 PMCID: PMC3264110 DOI: 10.1128/aem.07480-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Broad-host-range catabolic plasmids play an important role in bacterial degradation of man-made compounds. To gain insight into the role of these plasmids in chloroaniline degradation, we determined the first complete nucleotide sequences of an IncP-1 chloroaniline degradation plasmid, pWDL7::rfp and its close relative pNB8c, as well as the expression pattern, function, and bioaugmentation potential of the putative 3-chloroaniline (3-CA) oxidation genes. Based on phylogenetic analysis of backbone proteins, both plasmids are members of a distinct clade within the IncP-1β subgroup. The plasmids are almost identical, but whereas pWDL7::rfp carries a duplicate inverted catabolic transposon, Tn6063, containing a putative 3-CA oxidation gene cluster, dcaQTA1A2BR, pNB8c contains only a single copy of the transposon. No genes for an aromatic ring cleavage pathway were detected on either plasmid, suggesting that only the upper 3-CA degradation pathway was present. The dcaA1A2B gene products expressed from a high-copy-number vector were shown to convert 3-CA to 4-chlorocatechol in Escherichia coli. Slight differences in the dca promoter region between the plasmids and lack of induction of transcription of the pNB8c dca genes by 3-CA may explain previous findings that pNB8C does not confer 3-CA transformation. Bioaugmentation of activated sludge with pWDL7::rfp accelerated removal of 3-CA, but only in the presence of an additional carbon source. Successful bioaugmentation requires complementation of the upper pathway genes with chlorocatechol cleavage genes in indigenous bacteria. The genome sequences of these plasmids thus help explain the molecular basis of their catabolic activities.
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- J. E. Król
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
- Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, School of Biological Sciences, and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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Liu S, Ogawa N, Senda T, Hasebe A, Miyashita K. Amino acids in positions 48, 52, and 73 differentiate the substrate specificities of the highly homologous chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenases CbnA and TcbC. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:5427-36. [PMID: 16030237 PMCID: PMC1196051 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.15.5427-5436.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase (CCD) is the first-step enzyme of the chlorocatechol ortho-cleavage pathway, which plays a central role in the degradation of various chloroaromatic compounds. Two CCDs, CbnA from the 3-chlorobenzoate-degrader Ralstonia eutropha NH9 and TcbC from the 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene-degrader Pseudomonas sp. strain P51, are highly homologous, having only 12 different amino acid residues out of identical lengths of 251 amino acids. But CbnA and TcbC are different in substrate specificities against dichlorocatechols, favoring 3,5-dichlorocatechol (3,5-DC) and 3,4-dichlorocatechol (3,4-DC), respectively. A study of chimeric mutants constructed from the two CCDs indicated that the N-terminal parts of the enzymes were responsible for the difference in the substrate specificities. Site-directed mutagenesis studies further identified the amino acid in position 48 (Leu in CbnA and Val in TcbC) as critical in differentiating the substrate specificities of the enzymes, which agreed well with molecular modeling of the two enzymes. Mutagenesis studies also demonstrated that Ile-73 of CbnA and Ala-52 of TcbC were important for their high levels of activity towards 3,5-DC and 3,4-DC, respectively. The importance of Ile-73 for 3,5-DC specificity determination was also shown with other CCDs such as TfdC from Burkholderia sp. NK8 and TfdC from Alcaligenes sp. CSV90 (identical to TfdC from R. eutropha JMP134), which convert 3,5-DC preferentially. Together with amino acid sequence comparisons indicating high conservation of Leu-48 and Ile-73 among CCDs, these results suggested that TcbC of strain P51 had diverged from other CCDs to be adapted to conversion of 3,4-DC.
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- Shenghao Liu
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kan-nondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
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Boon N, Goris J, De Vos P, Verstraete W, Top EM. Genetic diversity among 3-chloroaniline- and aniline-degrading strains of the Comamonadaceae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:1107-15. [PMID: 11229899 PMCID: PMC92702 DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.3.1107-1115.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2000] [Accepted: 12/05/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We examined the diversity of the plasmids and of the gene tdnQ, involved in the oxidative deamination of aniline, in five bacterial strains that are able to metabolize both aniline and 3-chloroaniline (3-CA). Three strains have been described and identified previously, i.e., Comamonas testosteroni I2 and Delftia acidovorans CA28 and BN3.1. Strains LME1 and B8c were isolated in this study from linuron-treated soil and from a wastewater treatment plant, respectively, and were both identified as D. acidovorans. Both Delftia and Comamonas belong to the family Comamonadaceae. All five strains possess a large plasmid of ca. 100 kb, but the plasmids from only four strains could be transferred to a recipient strain by selection on aniline or 3-CA as a sole source of carbon and/or nitrogen. Plasmid transfer experiments and Southern hybridization revealed that the plasmid of strain I2 was responsible for total aniline but not 3-CA degradation, while the plasmids of strains LME1 and B8c were responsible only for the oxidative deamination of aniline. Several transconjugant clones that had received the plasmid from strain CA28 showed different degradative capacities: all transconjugants could use aniline as a nitrogen source, while only some of the transconjugants could deaminate 3-CA. For all four plasmids, the IS1071 insertion sequence of Tn5271 was found to be located on a 1.4-kb restriction fragment, which also hybridized with the tdnQ probe. This result suggests the involvement of this insertion sequence element in the dissemination of aniline degradation genes in the environment. By use of specific primers for the tdnQ gene from Pseudomonas putida UCC22, the diversity of the PCR-amplified fragments in the five strains was examined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). With DGGE, three different clusters of the tdnQ fragment could be distinguished. Sequencing data showed that the tdnQ sequences of I2, LME1, B8c, and CA28 were very closely related, while the tdnQ sequences of BN3.1 and P. putida UCC22 were only about 83% identical to the other sequences. Northern hybridization revealed that the tdnQ gene is transcribed only in the presence of aniline and not when only 3-CA is present.
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- N Boon
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Boon N, Goris J, De Vos P, Verstraete W, Top EM. Bioaugmentation of activated sludge by an indigenous 3-chloroaniline-degrading Comamonas testosteroni strain, I2gfp. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:2906-13. [PMID: 10877785 PMCID: PMC92090 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.7.2906-2913.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/1999] [Accepted: 04/17/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A strain identified as Comamonas testosteroni I2 was isolated from activated sludge and found to be able to mineralize 3-chloroaniline (3-CA). During the mineralization, a yellow intermediate accumulated temporarily, due to the distal meta-cleavage of chlorocatechol. This strain was tested for its ability to clean wastewater containing 3-CA upon inoculation into activated sludge. To monitor its survival, the strain was chromosomally marked with the gfp gene and designated I2gfp. After inoculation into a lab-scale semicontinuous activated-sludge (SCAS) system, the inoculated strain maintained itself in the sludge for at least 45 days and was present in the sludge flocs. After an initial adaptation period of 6 days, complete degradation of 3-CA was obtained during 2 weeks, while no degradation at all occurred in the noninoculated control reactor. Upon further operation of the SCAS system, only 50% 3-CA removal was observed. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rRNA genes revealed a dynamic change in the microbial community structure of the activated sludge. The DGGE patterns of the noninoculated and the inoculated reactors evolved after 7 days to different clusters, which suggests an effect of strain inoculation on the microbial community structure. The results indicate that bioaugmentation, even with a strain originating from that ecosystem and able to effectively grow on a selective substrate, is not permanent and will probably require regular resupplementation.
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- N Boon
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Kim SI, Leem SH, Choi JS, Chung YH, Kim S, Park YM, Park YK, Lee YN, Ha KS. Cloning and characterization of two catA genes in Acinetobacter lwoffii K24. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5226-31. [PMID: 9260969 PMCID: PMC179385 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.16.5226-5231.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Two novel type I catechol 1,2-dioxygenases inducible on aniline media were isolated from Acinetobacter lwoffii K24. Although the two purified enzymes, CD I1 and CD I2, had similar intradiol cleavage activities, they showed different substrate specificities for catechol analogs, physicochemical properties, and amino acid sequences. Two catA genes, catA1 and catA2, encoding by CD I1 and CD I2, respectively, were isolated from the A. lwoffii K24 genomic library by using colony hybridization and PCR. Two DNA fragments containing the catA1 and catA2 genes were located on separate regions of the chromosome. They contained open reading frames encoding 33.4- and 30.4-kDa proteins. The amino acid sequences of the two proteins matched well with previously determined sequences. Interestingly, further analysis of the two DNA fragments revealed the locations of the catB and catC genes as well. Moreover, the DNA fragment containing catA1 had a cluster of genes in the order catB1-catC1-catA1 while the catB2-catA2-catC2 arrangement was found in the catA2 DNA fragment. These results may provide an explanation of the different substrate specificities and physicochemical properties of CD I1 and CD I2.
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- S I Kim
- Biomolecule Analysis Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Taejon
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Müller D, Schlömann M, Reineke W. Maleylacetate reductases in chloroaromatic-degrading bacteria using the modified ortho pathway: comparison of catalytic properties. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:298-300. [PMID: 8550433 PMCID: PMC177654 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.298-300.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The maleylacetate reductases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa RHO1 and Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134 were tested for activity and affinity to various maleylacetates as well as dechlorinating properties. The dechlorinating activity and the kcat/Km values revealed high-level similarity of these reductases to that of Pseudomonas sp. strain B13.
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- D Müller
- Bergische Universität-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, Germany
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Maltseva OV, Solyanikova IP, Golovleva LA. Chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Rhodococcus erythropolis 1CP. Kinetic and immunochemical comparison with analogous enzymes from gram-negative strains. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 226:1053-61. [PMID: 7813460 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.01053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Rhodococcus erythropolis 1CP was purified to homogeneity. In contrast to chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Gram-negative strains which have a very broad substrate tolerance, the Rhodococcus enzyme was relatively more specific and had a distinct preference for 4-substituted catechols. Protein and metal analysis indicate an unusual stoichiometry of one atom each of iron and manganese/64-kDa homodimer. The N-terminal amino acid sequence (27 residues) of the Rhodococcus chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase was determined and exhibited 15-22% identity to the published sequences of catechol 1,2-dioxygenases and other chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenases. Antiserum was raised in rabbits and antibodies against Rhodococcus chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase were affinity purified. Dot-blot analysis revealed a very weak reaction between the antibodies and partially purified chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenases from Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134 and Pseudomonas putida 87. No reaction between these antibodies and above enzymes was observed using Western blotting. Kinetic and immunochemical data as well as comparison of subunit molecular mass and suggest that the Rhodococcus enzyme differs significantly from the known highly similar chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenases of Gram-negative strains and seems to be only distantly related to them.
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- O V Maltseva
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino
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Kaschabek SR, Reineke W. Degradation of chloroaromatics: purification and characterization of maleylacetate reductase from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:6075-81. [PMID: 8407778 PMCID: PMC206699 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.19.6075-6081.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Maleylacetate reductase of Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 was purified to homogeneity by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, Butyl-Sepharose, Blue-Sepharose, and Sephacryl S100. The final preparation gave a single band by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under denaturing conditions and a single symmetrical peak by gel filtration under nondenaturing conditions. The subunit M(r) value was 37,000 (determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). Estimation of the native M(r) value by gel filtration gave a value of 74,000 with a Superose 6 column, indicating that the enzyme is dimeric. The pH and temperature optima were 5.4 and 50 degrees C, respectively. The pI of the enzyme was estimated to be 7.0. The apparent Km values for maleylacetate and NADH were 58 and 30 microM, respectively, and the maximum velocity was 832 U/mg of protein for maleylacetate. Maleylacetate and various substituted maleylacetates, such as 2-chloro- and 2-methyl-maleylacetate, were reduced at significant rates. NADPH was also used as a cofactor instead of NADH with nearly the same Vmax value, but its Km value was estimated to be 77 microM. Reductase activity was inhibited by a range of thiol-blocking reagents. The absorption spectrum indicated that there was no bound cofactor or prosthetic group in the enzyme.
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- S R Kaschabek
- Chemische Mikrobiologie der Bergischen Universität--Gesamthochschule Wuppertal, Germany
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