Biodegradation of methyl parathion and <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-nitrophenol: evidence for the presence of a <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-nitrophenol 2-hydroxylase in a Gram-negative <Emphasis Type="Italic">Serratia</Emphasis> sp. strain DS001 |
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Authors: | Suresh B Pakala Purushotham Gorla Aleem Basha Pinjari Ravi Kumar Krovidi Rajasekhar Baru Mahesh Yanamandra Mike Merrick Dayananda Siddavattam |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Animal Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India;(2) Discovery Research, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Miyapur, Hyderabad, 500 049, India;(3) Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH Norwich, UK |
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Abstract: | A soil bacterium capable of utilizing methyl parathion as sole carbon and energy source was isolated by selective enrichment
on minimal medium containing methyl parathion. The strain was identified as belonging to the genus Serratia based on a phylogram constructed using the complete sequence of the 16S rRNA. Serratia sp. strain DS001 utilized methyl parathion, p-nitrophenol, 4-nitrocatechol, and 1,2,4-benzenetriol as sole carbon and energy sources but could not grow using hydroquinone
as a source of carbon. p-Nitrophenol and dimethylthiophosphoric acid were found to be the major degradation products of methyl parathion. Growth on
p-nitrophenol led to release of stoichiometric amounts of nitrite and to the formation of 4-nitrocatechol and benzenetriol.
When these catabolic intermediates of p-nitrophenol were added to resting cells of Serratia sp. strain DS001 oxygen consumption was detected whereas no oxygen consumption was apparent when hydroquinone was added to
the resting cells suggesting that it is not part of the p-nitrophenol degradation pathway. Key enzymes involved in degradation of methyl parathion and in conversion of p-nitrophenol to 4-nitrocatechol, namely parathion hydrolase and p-nitrophenol hydroxylase component “A” were detected in the proteomes of the methyl parathion and p-nitrophenol grown cultures, respectively. These studies report for the first time the existence of a p-nitrophenol hydroxylase component “A”, typically found in Gram-positive bacteria, in a Gram-negative strain of the genus
Serratia.
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Keywords: | Parathion hydrolase p-Nitrophenol hydroxylase component A Serratia sp Biodegradation Catabolomics |
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