title: Characterization of a 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase from the naphthalenesulfonate-degrading bacterium strain BN6.
abstract: An extradiol dioxygenase was cloned from the naphthalenesulfonate-degrading bacterial strain BN6 by screening a gene bank for colonies with 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase activity. DNA sequence analysis of a 1,358-bp fragment revealed an open reading frame of only 486 bp. This is the smallest gene encoding an extradiol dioxygenase found until now. Expression of the gene in a T7 expression vector enabled purification of the enzyme. Gel filtration and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis showed that the protein was a dimer with a subunit size of 21.7 kDa. The enzyme oxidized 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl, 3-isopropylcatechol, 3- and 4-chlorocatechol, and 3- and 4-methylcatechol. Since the ability to convert 3-chlorocatechol is an unusual characteristic for an extradiol-cleaving dioxygenase, this reaction was analyzed in more detail. The deduced amino-terminal amino acid sequence differed from the corresponding sequence of the 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene dioxygenase, which had been determined earlier from the enzyme purified from this strain. This indicates that strain BN6 carries at least two different extradiol dioxygenases.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stolz
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kuhm
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Altenbuchner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Knackmuss
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002396:Catechols / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D049308:Dioxygenases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012459:Salicylates / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002396:Catechols; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012459:Salicylates; C031137:3-chlorocatechol; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; C074272:2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl oxygenase