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Enzymes involved in the anaerobic degradation of phenol by the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfatiglans anilini

Journal Article · · BMC Microbiology
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  1. Univ. of Konstanz, Constance (Germany). Dept. of Biology; Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, Constance (Germany); DOE/OSTI
  2. Univ. of Konstanz, Constance (Germany). Dept. of Biology
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Background: The sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfatiglans anilini can grow with phenol as sole source of carbon and energy under strictly anaerobic, sulfate-reducing conditions. In the nitrate-reducing bacterium Thauera aromatica, the enzymes involved in phenol degradation have been well elucidated, whereas the anaerobic phenol degradation pathway by D. anilini was not studied in detail yet. Results: The pathway of anaerobic phenol degradation by the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfatiglans anilini was studied by identification of genes coding for phenylphosphate synthase (encoded by pps genes) and phenylphosphate carboxylase (encoded by ppc genes) in the genome of D. anilini, by analysis of the transcription and translation of pps-ppc genes, and by measurement of phenylphosphate synthase activity in cell-free extracts of phenol-grown cells. The majority of genes involved in phenol degradation were found to be organized in one gene cluster. The gene cluster contained genes ppsα (phenylphosphate synthase alpha subunit), ppsβ (phenylphosphate synthase beta subunit), ppcβ (phenylphosphate carboxylase beta subunit), as well as 4- hydroxybenzoyl-CoA ligase and 4-hydroxylbenzoyl-CoA reductase-encoding genes. The genes ppsγ (phenylphosphate synthase gamma subunit), ppcα (phenylphosphate carboxylase alpha subunit) and ppcδ (phenylphosphate carboxylase delta subunit) were located elsewhere in the genome of D. anilini, and no obvious homologue of ppcγ (phenylphosphate carboxylase gamma subunit) was found in the genome. Induction of genes pps and ppc during growth on phenol was confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Total proteome analysis revealed that the abundance of enzymes encoded by the gene cluster under study was much higher in phenol-grown cells than that in benzoate-grown cells. In in-vitro enzyme assays with cell-free extracts of phenol-grown cells, phenylphosphate was formed from phenol in the presence of ATP, Mg2+, Mn2+, K+ as co-factors. Conclusions: The genes coding for enzymes involved in the anaerobic phenol degradation pathway were identified in the sulfate-reducing bacterium D. anilini. The results indicate that the first steps of anaerobic phenol degradation in D. anilini are phosphorylation of phenol to phenylphosphate by phenylphosphate synthase and carboxylation of phenylphosphate by phenylphosphate carboxylase.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1626834
Journal Information:
BMC Microbiology, Journal Name: BMC Microbiology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 18; ISSN 1471-2180
Publisher:
BioMed CentralCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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