title: Characterization of the Bacillus stearothermophilus BR219 phenol hydroxylase gene.
abstract: The catabolic genes pheA and pheB, coding for the conversion of phenol to catechol and catechol to 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde, respectively, have been cloned from Bacillus stearothermophilus BR219 into Escherichia coli. Following its localization on the 11-kb B. stearothermophilus DNA insert by deletion and expression analysis, the phenol hydroxylase gene pheA was subcloned as a 2-kb HindIII fragment, whose transformant expressed the enzyme after phenol induction and even more strongly after o-, m-, and p-cresol induction. In vitro transcription-translation experiments indicated that the phenol hydroxylase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase enzymes are constituted of single subunits with molecular weights of 44,000 and 33,000, respectively. Nucleotide sequencing of the pheA gene revealed a strong similarity to flavin hydroxylases from Rhodococcus and Streptomyces species. Hybridization experiments indicated that the fragment containing PheA and PheB is located on a 66-kb plasmid in the parental thermophile.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1101, USA.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Oriel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D050557:Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D049308:Dioxygenases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; D050557:Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase; C022336:phenol 2-monooxygenase