title: N-Alkane oxidation enzymes of a pseudomonad.
abstract: A nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent n-alkane dehydrogenase and an NAD phosphate (reduced form)-dependent alkane hydroxylase have been purified from cell-free extracts of Pseudomonas sp. strain 196Aa grown anaerobically on n-alkane. The n-alkane dehydrogenase (fraction R-3), obtained as a single peak from Bio-Gel P-60, showed an overall 135-fold purification and was demonstrated by infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography to convert n-decane to 1-decene. The alkene hydroxylase activity in the S-3 fraction, purified 167 times from diethylaminoethyl-cellulose, was shown by the same methodology to convert decene to decanol. Commercial ferredoxin has been shown to increase the alkane dehydrogenase activity. An NAD-, flavine adenine dinucleotide-, and iron-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase was demonstrated in the R-3 fraction. A mechanism for the anaerobic conversion of n-alkane to fatty acid has been proposed.
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002474:Cell-Free System; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases