Two kinds of chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase from 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate-degrading Sphingomonas sp. strain TFD44 |
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Authors: | Lang Gang-hua Ogawa Naoto Tanaka Yusuke Fujii Takeshi Fulthorpe Roberta R Fukuda Masao Miyashita Kiyotaka |
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Institution: | National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kan-nondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Two kinds of chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase (CCD), TfdC and TfdC2 were detected in Sphingomonas sp. strain TFD44. These two CCDs could be simultaneously synthesized in TFD44 during its growth with 2,4-D as the sole carbon and energy sources. The apparent subunit molecular masses of TfdC and TfdC2 estimated by SDS-PAGE analysis were 33.8 and 33.1 kDa, respectively. The genes encoding the two CCDs were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The two purified CCDs showed broad substrate specificities but had different specificity patterns. TfdC showed the highest specificity constant for 3-chlorocatechol and TfdC2 showed the highest specificity constant for 3,5-dichlorocatechol. The substrate specificity difference seemed to correlate with the alternation of amino acid supposed to be involved in the interaction with substrates. Whereas phylogenetic analysis indicated that the CCDs of Sphingomonas constitute a distinctive group among Gram-negative bacteria, TfdC and TfdC2 of TFD44 have divergently evolved in terms of their substrate specificity. |
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Keywords: | Chlorocatechol 1 2-dioxygenase Chlorocatechol ortho-cleavage Sphingomonas sp strain TFD44 Protein purification |
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