title: Characterization of the haloacid dehalogenase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 and sequencing of the dhlB gene.
abstract: The haloacid dehalogenase of the 1,2-dichloroethane-utilizing bacterium Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 was purified from a mutant with an eightfold increase in expression of the enzyme. The mutant was obtained by selecting for enhanced resistance to monobromoacetate. The enzyme was purified through (NH4)2SO4 fractionation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and hydroxylapatite chromatography. The molecular mass of the protein was 28 kDa as determined with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and 36 kDa as determined with gel filtration on Superose 12 fast protein liquid chromatography. The enzyme was active with 2-halogenated carboxylic acids and converted only the L-isomer of 2-chloropropionic acid with inversion of configuration to produce D-lactate. The activity of the enzyme was not readily influenced by thiol reagents. The gene encoding the haloacid dehalogenase (dhlB) was cloned and could be allocated to a 6.5-kb EcoRI-BglII fragment. Part of this fragment was sequenced, and the dhlB open reading frame was identified by comparison with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the protein. The gene was found to encode a protein of 27,433 Da that showed considerable homology (60.5 and 61.0% similarity) with the two other haloacid dehalogenases sequenced to date but not with the haloalkane dehalogenase from X. autotrophicus GJ10.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biotechnology Center, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Ploeg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Hall
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Janssen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006867:Hydrolases; C034507:2-haloacid dehalogenase