title: Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the genes encoding 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid oxygenase in Pseudomonas cepacia AC1100.
abstract: Pseudomonas cepacia AC1100 is able to use the chlorinated aromatic compound 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) as the sole source of carbon and energy. One of the early steps in this pathway is the conversion of 2,4,5-T to 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (2,4,5-TCP). 2,4,5-TCP accumulates in the culture medium when AC1100 is grown in the presence of 2,4,5-T. A DNA region from the AC1100 genome has been subcloned as a 2.7-kb SstI-XbaI DNA fragment, which on transfer to Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 allows the conversion of 2,4,5-T to 2,4,5-TCP. We have determined the directions of transcription of these genes as well as the complete nucleotide sequences of the genes and the number and sizes of the polypeptides synthesized by pulse-labeling experiments. This 2.7-kb DNA fragment encodes two polypeptides with calculated molecular masses of 51 and 18 kDa. Proteins of similar sizes were seen in the T7 pulse-labeling experiment in Escherichia coli. We have designated the genes for these proteins tftA1 (which encodes the 51-kDa protein) and tftA2 (which encodes the 18-kDa protein). TftA1 and TftA2 have strong amino acid sequence homology to BenA and BenB from the benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase system of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, as well as to XylX and XylY from the toluate 1,2-dioxygenase system of Pseudomonas putida. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 strain containing the 2.7-kb SstI-XbaI fragment was able to convert not only 2,4,5-T to 2,4,5-TCP but also 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid to 2,4-dichlorophenol and phenoxyacetate to phenol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Danganan
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Daubaras
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xun
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D010105:Oxygenases; C090875:2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid oxygenase